Oatmeal Apple Pear Crisp

Submitted by Xiney

"I've been making this (or versions of it) since I was 12 years old. This is an evolved version of the "Quaker Oatmeal Apple Crisp". It is easy to make and to play with, try adding some chopped walnuts to the crisp or use a completely different fruit for the filling, such as peaches. It's great warmed up in the microwave but it's equally good straight out of the fridge. Wonderful comfort food for winter or exam time. Very easily converted into vegan by substituting margarine for butter."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• Filling

• 2 cups cooking apples, peeled and sliced (about 2 large)
• 2 cups pears, peeled and sliced (about 3 large)
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 -2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 3⁄4 cup water

• Crisp

• 1 cup oats
• 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted

directions

1. While peeling apples and pears, keep them in the lemon juice so they don't turn brown.
2. Place apples in a greased shallow 9” square baking dish.
3. Sprinkle (2 tbsp) brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and water.
4. Combine remaining dry ingredients in a separate bowl; add melted butter, mixing until crumbly.
5. Sprinkle crumb mixture on top of the apples.
6. Bake at 375°F for 30-40 minutes or until apples are tender.
7. Serve with vanilla ice cream or yogurt, great by itself too.

Reviews

[gwynn]

This was a very nice crisp. I only put about a 1/4 cup water. Will make again. Thanks for posting.

 

[williemjm67124]

Recipe should read "softened" butter instead of melted butter. This being for those who have never made a "streusel" type dessert, otherwise they'll end up with a batter type topping and not crumbly. Otherwise, adjusted it according to the reviews and it turned out pretty good.<br/>Ate it with vanilla bean ice cream and a little caramel sauce on it.

 

[TLynnehoney]

My Boys (big and little) NEVER eat pears or apples but they really gobbled this down, I added 1 Cup walnuts to the topping and added 2 extra pears and 1 extra apple.. OMGosh! Deelish!

 

[suzysucksalot]

This recipe is too simple to make it much fun to prepare. And the amount of water called for in the recipe is far too much, it does not cook out and the final result is very soupy, though the flavor is not bad.

 

[Camden's Mom]

This review is for the topping only, as I have yet to make the filling. This is my go to topping for any kind of crisp. In my opinion, it is perfect! I do occasionally add some nuts (usually chopped pecans) and if I have a filling I think will be on the soupy side I increase the flour to 1/2 cup. Other than that I follow the recipe exactly and it always comes out great!