We had about 7 honeycrisps in our fridge and I knew they had to go to good use. I am really trying to not be wasteful with food – we always have so much since my husband is a human garbage disposal, albeit a healthy one.
I had just been eating the honeycrisps (who woulda thunk?), but the recent attack on my mouth, aka loads of dental work (and the raping on my bank account), have made chomping on a crisp apple not such a pleasant task.
Especially after I chipped my first filling on this.
I wanted to make a slightly healthier version, and also not make an entire baking dish full of apple crisp. Because we all know where that would end up.
This apple crisp is so simple and took less than 10 minutes to prepare! It’s more of a cobbler than a crisp, and it is prepared so easily that you just need a fork, not a mixer. So it’s kind of a fake apple crisp. Oh well. It can serve up to 4 in small portions. Or 2 in medium-sized portions.
Or 1 in my portions. It’s the truth.
I chopped up 2 honeycrisps.
Sprinkled them with cinnamon, salt, and a touch of nutmeg.
And crumbled a bit of brown sugar on top.
It’s brown – so it’s healthy.
Not really.
I let them sit for a couple minutes and they began to sweat.
For the ‘crisp,’ I combined whole wheat flour, sugar, and more cinnamon.
Chopped up some butter into tiny pieces – make sure it’s cold!
And mash it all together with a fork, until the butter crumbles.
I added some vanilla almond milk and a splash of vanilla.
I can never have too much vanilla. Though I do not like vanilla ice cream. Well, most commerical vanilla ice creams. Homemade vanilla bean ice cream? I’m in.
And here is our dough!
Layer it on the apples and add a touch of butter on top.
Check out the ooey, gooey, apple-y, deliciousness.
Serves 4. Or 2. 
Or one. That’s me.
Honeycrisp Apple Crisp
2 honeycrisp apples
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup vanilla almond milk (or liquid of your choice)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons cold butter
Preheat oven to 375.
Chop apples and combine with 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and brown sugar in a small baking dish.
In a separate bowl, stir flour, sugar and remaining cinnamon. Chop 1 tablespoon of butter and add it to flour. Mash with a fork until thoroughly combined and small bits of butter remain. Add vanilla and milk gradually, stiring as you go. You don’t want the mix to be watery or too thick. It should be somewhat sticky.
Spread dough on top of apples, and place in over. Bake at 375 for about 30 minutes, or until apples look juicy and topping is golden brown.
Honeycrisps? Why can’t you hang out all year long? I’m not ready for you to leave.
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This looks soooo good!
I’m with you on the Honeycrips!! They need to be around all year long :)
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MMM I need to make this.
My sister recently sent me 24!!! Honeycrisp apples from an orchard in NY so I have tons! Crisp here I come :)
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Oh my god, this looks so good! And it’s easy to make (says the horrible cook!), yay. :D
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Your apple crisp looks yummy. So gooey yum!
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I really need to make this :)
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I love Honeycrisp apples! Your crisp looks really yummy and easy to make :)
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ya-ummm! apple crisp is awesome. i sometimes makes this as my dinner so i feel ya on the “it serves one” comment.
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Jessica — October 20th, 2009 @ 1:03 pm
Ugh I hear ya! I am NOT a fan of cloves.
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Apple crisp is my favorite fall dessert. I’ve never made it with honeycrisp apples though. I’ll give it a try. Thanks!
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LOOOVE honeycrips!
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Mmmmm this sounds awesome!
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Yum! I love anything with apples this time of year. Apple pie, apple crisp, Caramel Apple Spice from Starbucks. I’m getting hungry!
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Looks great. Would make a great Thanksgiving dessert.
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Cinnamon is the spice of the gods. it is the shit. SERIOUSLY. i tried cloves once and almost puked.
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Honeycrisps are the best!! That looks deelish :) I hear ya with the dental work, just had a wisdom tooth out and it has wrecked havoc on my poor mouth and eating certain things is soooo painful!
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Oh my God – my favorite!! I am soooo making this…and yes, it will most certainly only serve 1…:)
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Hi Jessica, I just found your blog through Chocolate and Zucchini, great job! I love all of your pictures and fun writing style. Your apple crisp looks amazing, I love fall and all the apple goodness.
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Great idea with the vanilla almond milk. Yum!
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Wow- that looks amazing! I have been eating my honeycrisps apples quite greedily (is that a word?) but I might make an exception for this recipe. Yum!
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Looks yummy. Easy enough for me to make…score!
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Looks like the perfect use for my last couple of honey crisps. Yum.
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How clever are you, just whipping up an apple crisp?! Looks so good. I have only just “discovered” honeycrisp apples and I immediately fell in love. I bet this crisp is awesome!
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Looks scrumptious, I can almost taste it!
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Fruit crisps are one of the most ingenious things ever created, I think. I love that they take so little time, can be made with almost any fruit, and always taste like heaven. Yours looks yummy!
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Yumm! My favorite fall dessert! I love that topping….
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Ummmmmmm HOLY YUM is all I have to say about that apple crisp, especially with Honeycrisps (which are, of course, the best apple bebes out there) and this looks like such an easy, quick, delicious version!!! love itttt:)
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Haha so true, brown sugar = healthy :) That always sort of goes through my mind even though I know its not true! Looks soooo good!
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Love everything about your apple crisp (especially the EASY part)!!
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Your crisp sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing :)
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Looks scrumptious!
I have also had a lot of luck adding applesauce to the crusty topping so that I am able to omit some of the butter…it’s yum and it adds to the applely deliciousness if it all.
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Wow, I want to make pretty much every recipe here! I haven’t made apple crisp in SO LONG. Also, I always forget what a difference roasting garlic makes, but it’s so good! I could eat the cloves whole… although I don’t think my boy would be so happy about that.!
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Jess, what are you doing to my diet!? Oh well..it’s got fruit right?
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YUM! Great simple recipe. I can eat like 4 apples a day, so they usually don’t last long enough to hit crisp/crumble status. :)
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The crisp looks wonderful! I love apple crisps. I just made some mini ones in little ramekins. So good….
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that looks AMAZING!!!!!
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ooh that looks and sounds yuummy!!
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Hi and thanks for stopping by my place. I LOVE your blog!!!! I am adding you to my blogroll….I love everything food. Looks like you do too. :) This apple crisp looks delicious.
xoxo
Michelle
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i love apple crisps! Such a great fall dessert.
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Wow this looks so good! I make something similar except no “crisp” part–I call it easy homemade applesauce. Just apples, a little butter, brown sugar and cinnamon heated in the microwave for maybe 2-3 minutes. The apples get soft and the butter and sugar melt together for a delicious caramel topping–tastes just like homemade applesauce on the stove! I will definitely be trying to make this crisp for sure!
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Mmmm…I love apple crisp! I always use Honeycrisp, along with some other varieties, in my apple crisp and apple pies.
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I just bought my first bag of Honeycrisp apples today (don’t throw things at me) so I may have to make this!!! :)
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Your crips sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing :)
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Love the apple crisp. I’m craving for it now :)
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Hey girl…I made this tonight and it was awesome! It definitely didn’t serve 4, Keith and I polished it off clean! :)
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Jessica — November 3rd, 2010 @ 4:01 pm
So glad you liked it! :)
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