Caramel Apple Crisp

13 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 6 tablespoons sugar
  • 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon pure almond extract (optional)
  • 1/2 cup sliced almonds
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened apple juice
  • 3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • Pinch of salt
  • 4 pounds baking apples such as Golden Delicious, Gala, or Crispin (about 7 large), peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch-thick slices
  • 2- to 2 1/2-quart shallow baking dish

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle. Butter baking dish
  2. 2
    Pulse together flour, sugar, butter, salt, and extracts in a food processor until some large clumps form.
  3. 3
    Set aside 1/4 cup for filling and transfer remaining topping to a bowl. Stir in almonds.
  4. 4
    Cook sugar in a dry 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until sugar is melted into a deep-golden caramel.
  5. 5
    Remove from heat and carefully add apple juice, butter, and salt (caramel will harden and steam vigorously). Cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved.
  6. 6
    Put apples in a large bowl and toss with reserved topping mixture and caramel, then spread in baking dish. (Dish will be very full.)
  7. 7
    Scatter clumps of topping over apples, squeezing small handfuls of topping into clumps when necessary.
  8. 8
    Bake until apples are tender and top is golden and crisp, about 1 hour. Cool to warm or room temperature.

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