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A bowl with a warm serving of slow-cooked apple crisp on a wooden countertop. A scoop of melting vanilla ice cream is on top, drizzled with caramel sauce. A spoon rests beside the bowl.

Crockpot Apple Crisp Recipe

This Slow Cooker Apple Crisp is the perfect cozy dessert—sweet cinnamon-spiced apples topped with a buttery walnut crumble. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream for an extra indulgence!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 444
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Topping:
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 pinch salt
  • ½ cup cold butter cut into pieces
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
Apple Filling:
  • ⅓ cup white sugar or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 6 cups apples - peeled cored and chopped
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Equipment

  • Slow Cooker (for cooking the apples)
  • Mixing Bowls (for the topping and filling)
  • Fork or Pastry Cutter (for mixing butter into the topping)

Method
 

Make the Topping:
  1. In a bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
    A mixing bowl on a wooden countertop, filled with flour, brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. A whisk is in the bowl, evenly blending the ingredients for the topping.
  2. Cut in cold butter until the mixture forms coarse crumbs. Stir in walnuts.
    Cold butter pieces being cut into the flour mixture in a mixing bowl on a wooden countertop. A pastry cutter presses into the mixture, creating coarse crumbs. Chopped walnuts are sprinkled on top, ready to be mixed in
Make the Apple Filling:
  1. In a small bowl, whisk together sugar, cornstarch, ginger, and cinnamon.
    A small bowl with white sugar, cornstarch, ground ginger, and cinnamon on a wooden countertop. A spoon is stirring the dry ingredients, evenly combining them for the apple filling.
  2. Place chopped apples in a slow cooker. Sprinkle with cornstarch mixture and lemon juice, tossing to coat.
    Freshly peeled, cored, and chopped apples in a slow cooker on a wooden countertop. A hand is sprinkling the cornstarch mixture over the apples, ensuring they are evenly coated. Lemon juice is drizzled over the top.
Cook & Cool:
  1. Sprinkle topping evenly over apples.
    The slow cooker on a wooden countertop, now with the crumbly walnut topping sprinkled evenly over the apples. The crisp is ready to cook.
  2. Cover and cook on Low for 4 hours or High for 2 hours until apples are tender.
    The slow cooker partially uncovered, revealing golden-brown apple crisp with a crunchy topping. Steam is rising, and the apples underneath are soft and caramelized.
  3. Turn off the slow cooker, partially uncover, and let sit for 1 hour so the topping hardens.
    A bowl with a warm serving of slow-cooked apple crisp on a wooden countertop. A scoop of melting vanilla ice cream is on top, drizzled with caramel sauce. A spoon rests beside the bowl.