Recipes are more than just ingredients and a dish. A good, well loved recipe is truly a gift from the heart. Think about your favorite recipes and why you love them. My favorite have come from the people I love the most. There are memories attached to those special dishes. Recipes passed down from family members who have made them with love year after year are some of my greatest treasures!
It seems that the most special recipes revolve around the holidays. The time we seem to be more focused on making memories and spoiling those we love.
Today, I have a special treat for you! You have heard me talk about my mom all the many things she has taught me. Well, I have been blessed with an equally fabulous mother in law who has taught me so many things. One of which is how to make the best homemade apple crisp ever! She has made this yummy recipe ever since she and my father in law were in graduate school over 30 years ago. When I came to her home to meet her for the first time, this apple crisp was waiting for me on her cozy kitchen countertop. This was just one of the ways she made me instantly feel apart of their family.
Not only is this crisp sentimental, it seriously is the best homemade apple crisp recipe ever!
With her permission I am sharing it with you today so you can make it for someone special in your life. I hope that you make it over and over and that you create special memories attached to it as well.
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The BEST Homemade Apple Crisp EVER
Ingredients
- Filling :
- 6 - 8 Large Apples - I like to use 3 Honey Crisp and 3 Granny Smith
- 2 T Lemon Juice
- 1/4 cup Water
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- Crust:
- 3/4 cup Flour
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 Stick Unsalted Butter
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- For the Filling:
- Peel and slice your apples.
- Place in an 8x8 pan or pie pan.
- Pour lemon juice and water over the top of the apples.
- Mix cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl.
- Sprinkle over the apples.
- For the Crust:
- Cut together with a knife or pastry mixer.
- Then mix with hands until blended.
- Take a small amount and smash it into the palm of your hand.
- Press over the top of the apples.
- Repeat until the top is covered.
- ***If you like crust, consider making 1 1/2 times the crust recipe.
- Bake uncovered at 375 for 45 minutes.
Ingredients
- Filling :
- 6 - 8 Large Apples - I like to use 3 Honey Crisp and 3 Granny Smith
- 2 T Lemon Juice
- 1/4 cup Water
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- Crust:
- 3/4 cup Flour
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 Stick Unsalted Butter
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- For the Filling:
- Peel and slice your apples.
- Place in an 8x8 pan or pie pan.
- Pour lemon juice and water over the top of the apples.
- Mix cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl.
- Sprinkle over the apples.
- For the Crust:
- Cut together with a knife or pastry mixer.
- Then mix with hands until blended.
- Take a small amount and smash it into the palm of your hand.
- Press over the top of the apples.
- Repeat until the top is covered.
- ***If you like crust, consider making 1 1/2 times the crust recipe.
- Bake uncovered at 375 for 45 minutes.
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This looks so yummy!! I can’t wait to go get some apples and make me some!!
You will love it! I can’t wait for you to try it! xo
I love family recipes!!! Please keep sharing because they are the best.
Thanks
I sure will! I am so glad you like them! xo
I’m excited to try this recipe! But what does #9 mean by “cut together with knife or pastry mixer”?
Hi Sara, it just means to blend the butter together with the other ingredients using pastry blender or knives. xo
This looks absolutely amazing! Cant wait to try it out 🙂
I hope you love it! xo