Best 20 Apple Crunch Recipes

APPLE CRUNCH PIE I

Steps:

• Place rack in lowest position in oven. Heat oven to 450 degrees F ( 230 degrees C).
• To Make Topping: Mix 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; cut in butter or margarine until mixture is moist and crumbly, and clumps together easily.
• To Make Filling: Peel, core, and slice apples into approximately 1/8 inch slices. If you cut them too thick you'll have crunchy apples. In another bowl, toss cut up apples, white sugar, lemon juice, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and nutmeg. Sprinkle in flour, and stir until apples are evenly coated.
• Layer apple slices in pie shell. You will have a lot of apples, but they will shrink. Layer them higher in the middle. Pour left over juice from apple mixture over apples. Pat the brown sugar topping evenly over apples to make a top crust.
• Place pie on cookie sheet in oven to catch juice droppings. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and bake for 45 minutes to one hour; bake until center of pie has no resistance. If top starts to get too dark, cover with piece of foil. Cool on wire rack before serving.

CARAMEL CRUNCH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Combine flour, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon; spread into an ungreased 8-in. square baking pan. Bake at 400° for 6-8 minutes or until golden brown. Cool; crumble and set aside. Sprinkle apple with lemon juice. Combine sugar, flour and cinnamon; toss with apples. Place apples in pie shell. Cut a circle of foil to cover apples but not the edge of pastry; place over pie. Bake at 425° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 375°; bake for 35 minutes or until apples are tender., Meanwhile, in a saucepan over low heat, melt caramels with milk, stirring frequently. Remove foil from pie. Pour caramel mixture over apples. Sprinkle with topping; return to the oven for 5 minutes. Serve warm.

APPLE-RASPBERRY CRISP WITH PECAN CRUNCH TOPPING

Steps:

• 1. To make the pecan topping, place the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor and pulse until combined. Add the butter pieces and pulse a few times, just until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the pecans and pulse just until they are coarsely chopped.
• 2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish.
• 3. To make the fruit filling, in a large bowl, toss the apple slices with the lemon juice. Add the granulated sugar, flour, and cinnamon and stir to combine. Add the apple brandy and butter cubes and toss until combined. Gently toss in the raspberries. Evenly spread the apple mixture in the prepared pan. Sprinkle the pecan topping evenly over the filling.
• 4. Bake the crisp for 40 minutes, or until the fruit is bubbling and the top is browned. Serve warm.

CARAMEL APPLE CRUNCH BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, oats, salt and baking soda.
• In a large mixing bowl, blend together butter, shortening and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add dry mixture and blend to form a crumbly mixture.
• Measure and set aside 2 cups crumbs. Press remaining crumbs into a 9x13 inch pan. Spread apples into an even layer over crust.
• Transfer Marzetti Old Fashioned Caramel Dip to a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 30 to 40 seconds or until warm. Stir until smooth. Pour over apples and sprinkle remaining crumbs over all.
• Bake on middle rack of oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until top is golden brown and apples are tender. Cut into desired size bars while slightly warm and serve.
• Store remaining bars covered in refrigerator.

APPLE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Mix the oats, 1/2 cup flour, and brown sugar in a bowl; cut in the butter or margarine until crumbly. Place half of the mixture in the bottom of a greased 8x8" baking dish.
• Combine the apples, 1 tablespoons flour, cinnamon, salt, water, and granulated sugar; place in the baking dish over the oat mixture.
• Cover with the remaining oat mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

APPLE ALMOND CRUNCH SALAD

Steps:

• In a large salad bowl, combine the salad greens, almonds, feta cheese, apple, red onion and raisins. Toss to blend. Apply salad dressing to individual servings.

CRUNCH TOP APPLE PIE (PAULA DEEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Line a 9-inch pie pan with half of the dough.
• Toss apples with 1 tablespoon lemon juice in a medium-sized bowl.
• Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl. Pour over apples and toss. Stir in applesauce. Spoon this mixture into pie pan and dot with butter.
• Cut remaining crust into strips; using every other one arrange over top of pie. Lattice in remaining strips (going the other direction, crossing over and under every other strip).
• For crunch topping, combine flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter with a fork until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over the top of crust.
• Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350°F and continue to bake for about 45 minutes, or until crust and topping are golden brown. (My pie with golden delicious apples was done after 30 minutes at this step, so watch your pie!).
• Note: It helps to make a foil ring to put around pie crust edge to keep it from browning too fast.

BLUEBERRY-APPLE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Grease a microwave-safe 2-quart casserole dish.
• Mix flour, brown sugar, oats, graham cracker crumbs, and cinnamon together in a bowl; stir in butter until well mixed. Press 1/2 the oat mixture into the prepared casserole dish. Spread apples and blueberries over oat mixture; drizzle with lemon juice.
• Stir white sugar and cornstarch together in a microwave-safe bowl; mix in water and vanilla extract until smooth. Heat sugar mixture in the microwave, stirring every 45 seconds, until sauce is thick and nearly clear, 2 to 4 minutes. Pour sauce over fruit layer and sprinkle remaining oat mixture over top.
• Heat in microwave at 70 percent power until fruit is tender and juice is bubbling, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool slightly before serving.

PRAIRIE APPLE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Place apples in a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Combine brown sugar, flour and butter; sprinkle over apple mixture. , Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until apples are tender. Serve warm or at room temperature with cream if desired.

APPLE CRUNCH PIE WITH VANILLA SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C.)
• In a large bowl, mix together 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and cinnamon. Stir in sliced apples until coated with sugar mixture. Stir in 1 cup cinnamon chips. Pour filling into prepared pie crust, and dot with 3 tablespoons butter.
• To make streusel topping: mix together 3/4 cup flour and 3/4 cup brown sugar in a mixing bowl. Cut in 6 tablespoons butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in remaining 2/3 cup cinnamon chips. Sprinkle streusel topping over apple filling.
• Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue baking for until filling is bubbling and streusel is golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes more. Allow to cool for at least 1 hour before serving.
• While the pie is cooling, prepare the vanilla sauce. In the top of a double boiler over medium heat, whisk together eggs, half-and-half and 1/2 cup sugar. Cook, stirring constantly, until sauce has thickened. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla. Spoon sauce (warm or cooled) over slices of pie.

CARAMEL APPLE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Place the apples in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. In a heavy saucepan, melt 25 caramels with 2 tablespoons milk, stirring often; drizzle over apples. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar, walnuts, salt and cinnamon; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over apples. , Bake at 375° for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a heavy saucepan, melt remaining caramels with remaining milk, stirring often until smooth. Drizzle over dessert and ice cream if desired.

CRANBERRY-APPLE NUT CRUNCH

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine first four ingredients and mix well. Place in a 2-qt. baking dish; set aside. For topping, combine oatmeal, nuts, flour, sugar and butter in another bowl. Mix well; spoon evenly over fruit mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until fruit is bubbly and tender. Garnish with cranberries. Serve warm with ice cream if desired.

APPLE CRUNCH A LA MODE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Scatter sliced apples in the prepared baking dish. Whisk together the white sugar, cold water, cornstarch, and vanilla extract in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until syrup is clear, and all sugar had dissolved, about 5 minutes. Pour hot syrup over the fruit.
• Stir together the flour, brown sugar, oats, melted butter, walnuts, and cinnamon until crumbly. Scatter crumble over fruit mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven until the top is brown and the crunch is bubbly, about 1 hour.

APPLE CRANBERRY CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix all dry filling ingredients together, then add the fruit and toss until well-coated.
• Place filling in a 9"x13" greased baking pan and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine all dry topping ingredients.
• Add margarine to dry ingredients, using a pastry blender or fork to cut it in until well-blended.
• Sprinkle topping mixture over filling and bake for 40 minutes.

CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH™ BLASTED SHREDS™ EASY APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray bottom and sides of 8-inch square (2-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• Spoon apple pie filling into baking dish.
• Place cereal in resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Using rolling pin, finely crush cereal. In medium bowl, mix cereal, oats, melted butter and brown sugar; stir well to combine. Spoon cereal mixture evenly over apple pie filling.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool 10 minutes before serving.

CARAMEL APPLE PECAN CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• 1. Pie Crust: Place all ingredients in a 9 inch pie plate, mix well with hands. Spread out in pie plate.
• 2. Filling: peel and slice apples in to a large bowl Sprinkle 1 teaspoon cinnamon over apple slices and lightly toss. Pour in to your crust.
• 3. Topping: Mix all ingredients in a bowl until well blended. Heap over top of apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes depending on your oven. Topping will be golden brown and apples will be soft but not mushy. Cool for 30 minutes.
• 4. Caramel Drizzle: After pie has cooled for 30 minutes, melt caramels and milk in microwave safe dish, microwave until smooth, keep a close eye on this so you do not over cook, I use 15 second increments, drizzle about half over top of pie, sprinkle with chopped pecans, lightly drizzle remaining caramel over nuts. You can garnish with whole pecans if you like.

APPLE CRUNCH MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. In another bowl, beat the eggs, sour cream and butter. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apple. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups one-third full. , For topping, combine the walnuts, flour, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle about two-thirds of the topping over batter. Top with remaining batter; sprinkle with remaining topping. , Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted neat the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.

APPLE CRUNCH PIE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, combine apples, white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and allspice. Pour filling into pie shell.
• In a medium bowl, combine oatmeal, brown sugar, nutmeg and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in the butter and mix with fingers until crumbly. Spoon over the top of the apples. Sprinkle top with pecans.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until golden brown.

APPLE CRUNCH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon into mixing bowl.
• Cut in shortening with pastry blender until fine crumbs form.
• Combine egg and milk.
• Add to dry ingredients all at once, stirring just enough to moisten.
• Stir in apples.
• Spoon batter into paper-lined 2 1/2-inch muffin-pan cups, filling 2/3rds full.
• Sprinkle with nut crunch topping.
• Bake in 375 degree oven 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve hot with butter and homemade jelly or jam.
• NUT CRUNCH TOPPING: Mix together 1/4 c brown sugar (packed), 1/4 c chopped pecans and 1/2 t ground cinnamon in small bowl.

APPLE RAISIN CRUNCH

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add apples, raisins and lemon zest; toss to coat. Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking dish. , In a small bowl, combine baking mix and brown sugar. Sprinkle over apples; drizzle with butter. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with cheese slices.