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Cranberry Apple Crisp Recipe

Last update: July 19, 2016 By Alice Currah 47 Comments

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Who can resist a freshly baked apple crisp? If you can see from the picture above, my 17 month old son Eli sure couldn’t. As I was arranging the food on the table to take pictures of one of my favorite Fall desserts, I briefly walked to a different room to grab my camera. When I returned, guess who I found picking away at my cranberry apple crisp!?! BUSTED! Honestly it was the funniest and sweetest Kodak moment. I started laughing and started taking pictures of the whole thing. Who could blame the little guy because what is Fall without a great recipe for apple crisp?

Earlier this week my friend Jen had tweeted about making a cranberry apple crisp with dried cranberries. I mentioned to her that I’ve used canned cranberries with great success. Twelve years ago a friend taught me how to make a cranberry apple crisp using a can of cranberry sauce and since then it has become one of my “Go-To” desserts. Every time I make one it’s always a hit at family gatherings. Now days instead of a can of cranberries, I use fresh cranberries which have been reduced with orange juice and sugar. The end result is a wonderful dessert worthy of any friends and family get together. Enjoy!
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Cranberry Apple Crisp Recipe

INGREDIENTS

1-12oz bag of fresh cranberries, washed

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup orange juice

5-6 large Granny Smith apples – cored, peeled, and cut into 1/4”-1/2” slices.

1 stick butter, cut into small pea sized cubes

3/4 cup rolled oats

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

2 teaspoon cinnamon

*optional 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

*optional vanilla ice cream to make it a la mode

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  In large sauté pan or pot add cranberries, orange juice, and sugar. Stir everything and cook on medium-high heat for approximately 15 minutes until the cranberries have reduced to a thick sauce consistency.  Turn off heat and add sliced apples to the pan and mix everything until all the apple slices have been coated with cranberry sauce.  Pour the apple cranberry mixture into a greased 9×13 baking pan. Set aside.  In a small bowl combine butter, flour, oats, brown sugar, and cinnamon.  Work the mixture with your fingers until it resembles a coarse meal.  Sprinkle and distribute the mixture over the baking pan evenly.  Bake for 45 minutes.  Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream while warm. Enjoy!

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: apple, apples, cranberries, Crisp, dessert, fall, pie, potluck, winter

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Comments

  1. Aqiyl Aniys says

    March 16, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    LOL, Eli is busted. 🙂 The cranberry apple crisp looks wonderful. I understand why Eli wanted some.

  2. Sanna says

    December 26, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    I just made, with a little bit less sugar though. It was delicious! Thanks for the wonderful recipe!

  3. Jocelyn says

    December 23, 2011 at 11:54 pm

    I like to add ground pecans to my crumble topping. Adds a lovely nutty flavor to the topping.

  4. alice says

    November 20, 2011 at 8:00 pm

    Hi Jennifer,
    Yes, you could freeze the apple and cranberry mixture. Depending if you planned on baking this frozen or thawed, your baking times are going to vary. If you’re going to bake from frozen, I would bake the apple mixture for 20 minutes before adding the topping and then add the topping and continue to bake until done.

  5. alice says

    November 20, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    Brytni,
    I like the tartness of the granny smith apples but use any apples you have on hand.

  6. jennifer says

    November 19, 2011 at 10:30 pm

    i use whatever apples i have and it always turns out great

  7. jennifer says

    November 19, 2011 at 7:04 pm

    Do you have a recipe for rice pudding made on top of the stove as well as in the oven?

  8. Brytni says

    November 19, 2011 at 6:10 pm

    MMM this sounds scrumptious.
    Has anyone used any other apples besides Granny Smith, or are there downsides to using a different kind of apple?

  9. jennifer says

    November 19, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    can i freeze the apple and cranaberry mix before cooking with the oat topping on. what would you suggest. i would like to get it ready today and then cook it on tuesday 🙂

  10. jennifer says

    November 18, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    i forgot to mention that you can use the same recipe with peaches or pears instead of apples, and rasberries or strawberries instead of cranberries… have fun with it, be inventive 🙂

  11. jennifer says

    November 18, 2011 at 11:52 pm

    my recipe is exactly like yours except that i dont cook the cranberries, thus using less sugar,,,and i only use the brown sugar in the dry mix,,,that way my diebetic hubby can enjoy some also…

  12. Michelle (What's Cooking with Kids) says

    November 11, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    I have been on an apple crisp kick lately – and have been eyeing the bags of cranberries I keep seeing at the store. This blends the two together beautifully! I know what I”ll be making for dessert when we have friends over next week! Thanks 🙂

  13. Yy says

    January 28, 2010 at 7:19 pm

    Your photos could go right into a Donna Hay cookbook! 🙂

  14. Lynn says

    January 15, 2010 at 10:07 am

    I have never cooked the cranberries first (usually just dump everything into the dish and into the oven) BUT from this day forward….I cook those cranberries down with sugar and orange juice first. Thank you.

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