A cast iron full of warm, cinnamon apples topped with a crisp made with oats and brown sugar. This cast iron skillet apple crisp recipe will become one of your favorite recipes from the grill (or oven)!
How Do You Make Apple Crisp?
Apple crisp is easy to make. It takes about 20 minutes of prep time and 40-45 minutes of cooking on the grill. Start by preheating your grill to 375 degrees with hickory wood over indirect heat. NOTE: you can make this recipe using your oven, as well. However, there will be no smoke flavor added.
Peel honeycrisp apples, core and slice. I use a potato peeler to peel the apples, then this apple slicer and corer to cut each apple into 16 slices. Dice up each slice into three pieces. Toss into medium sized mixing bowl with 1/4 cup of sugar, 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Mix ingredients together and then pour into cast iron skillet.
In a separate mixing bowl, combine a cup of oats, cup of flour, cup of brown sugar, and one stick of chilled butter, diced up into little cubes. Make sure the butter is cold. Frozen won’t mix well with the other ingredients and room temperature butter will be more difficult to divide up. With that said, mix these ingredients together until it becomes crumbly. Pour over the top of apples in the cast iron skillet.
You Can Also Refer to this as Smoked Apple Crisp Recipe
Since this recipe calls for cooking this on your grill with indirect heat and using a smoking wood, you can indeed call this a smoked apple crisp. With that said, place the cast iron on the preheated grill and cook for 40 to 45 minutes. The crisp will be, well, crisp to the touch on top. Remove the cast iron apple crisp and let it cool down for a few minutes before serving.
Does apple crisp need to be refrigerated? To keep it fresh longer, it is recommended to refrigerate the apple crisp. This will last up to three to four days at peak flavor.
While this cast iron apple crisp (or smoked apple crisp, if you prefer) makes for an epic dessert, make sure you have something awesome for your main course! Need some inspiration? Here are a few recipe ideas for you:
Smoked Apple Crisp
A cast iron skillet filled with warm, cinnamon apples topped with a crisp made with oats, brown sugar, and butter. Add a touch of hickory smoke and it's the perfect dessert off the grill!
Ingredients
- 5 honeycrisp apples, peeled and sliced
- 1/4 Cup sugar
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 Cup old-fashioned oats
- 1 Cup brown sugar
- 1 Cup flour
- 1/2 Cup chilled butter, cut into small cubes
Instructions
- Preheat grill to 375 degrees with hickory wood over indirect heat. Peel honeycrisp apples, core and slice. Dice up slices into three pieces each.
- Toss into medium sized mixing bowl with sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice. Mix ingredients together. Pour into cast iron skillet.
- In a separate mixing bowl, combine oats, flour, brown sugar, and little cubes of chilled butter. Mix together until it becomes crumbly. Pour over the top of apples in the cast iron skillet.
- Place cast iron skillet full of ingredients on the grill and cook for 45 minutes. Remove and let cool for a few minutes before serving.
Notes
1. Substitute your favorite smoking wood in place of hickory if you prefer.
2. If honeycrisp apples are unavailable, use any apple except red delicious. Those are gross.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 servings Serving Size: 1 CupAmount Per Serving: Calories: 454Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 990mgCarbohydrates: 86gFiber: 4gSugar: 56gProtein: 5g
Nutrition information isn't always accurate.
