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Gemma's Bigger Bolder Baking Caramel Apple Crisp
Hi Bold Bakers! Fall is upon us here in Southern California and I really feel like making some
comfort food. So what better than an Apple Crisp with Salted Caramel Sauce & Cinnamon
Ice Cream. Also, stay tuned until the very end of this video for a sneak peek at next
week's recipe. So let's get baking!
We're going to start out by making our crisp topping also known as a crumble topping in Ireland.
In a food processor, we're going to add in our flour,
brown sugar,
oats,
corn meal,
Almonds. Or you can use pecans or walnuts.
Cinnamon for lovely warm fall flavors,
and salt because all baking needs salt.
To our dry mix we're going to add cold cubed butter
and then on with your lid and we're going to pulse it until it resembles big chunky
bread crumbs.
You can also do this by hand. You just want to chop up your nuts and your oats beforehand
as well. And you can rub the butter in with your fingers.
I've pulsed this for around 10 seconds and what you're left with is a beautiful
lumpy and chunky and also fine crisp topping.
Now I know a lot of you have already made crisp toppings and probably wondering why
I'm showing you this but it's a really great recipe and it's the best I've ever tried so
I really urge you to try and bake this.
I'm going to pop this topping in the fridge and we're going to get started on the fruit.
The apples that I'm using for this crisp are Granny Smith Apples but you can use any good
cooking apples.
Just peel your apples
and then slice and dice them.
I like to dice them really small so they cook better and faster.
Once your apples are chopped, put them into a big bowl
And then we're going to add brown sugar, some vanilla, and corn flour.
I also like to add a little bit of vanilla extract to give it an extra kick.
And then just mix this all together.
So now we're already at the assembly of our apple crisp. That's how easy this recipe is.
You can make your crisp in one big dish
but I'm going to make them in individual sizes.
And then just pile in your apples
and get some nice juice in there to make a sauce.
Once your apples are in there, we're going to add the crisp topping.
Just pile this on generously.
We're just going to make a nice little delicious home for the apples under the crisp topping.
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Our oven is pre-heated to 375 degrees F
We're going to pop these guys in the oven and take them out when they're golden brown
and delicious.
To accompany my Apple Crisp, I'm going to make Cinnamon Swirl No Machine Ice Cream.
And if you haven't already seen that video, I'm going to put a link in the description
box below so you can follow the base recipe.
To make the Cinnamon Swirl Ice Cream, we're simply going to add Cinnamon or Cinnamon Swirl,
like in a cinnamon roll, to the plain ice cream base.
And then just gently fold it into your ice cream.
You can make your ice cream the day before so it has time to freeze.
A little tip for my no machine ice cream base. The less flavor and filling you put into the
ice creams, the harder it is to scoop. So take the ice cream out, let it sit at room
temperature, maybe 5-10 minutes and you'll find it much easier to scoop.
It's time to check on our crisps.
Look at these. They look amazing!
The nuts are lovely and toasted and the
oats. I can't wait to try them.
Top your crisp with your ice cream
and your salted-caramel sauce.
You can find my signature recipe in my Salted-Caramel Trifle episode.
Now this is my favorite part--the taste test.
To me, this is the ultimate comfort food.
So because variety is the spice of life. In case apples don't float your boat, I'm going
to show you two different crisps you can do.
Mix some sliced bananas with the same brown sugar/corn flour mix.
And again cover generously with your crisp topping.
Another crisp, one of my favorites, is apple and blueberry.
Simply mix in frozen blueberries to your apple mix.
I like to use frozen blueberries because they're always picked in season so they still taste
great in the Fall.
And then on again with our lovely crisp topping.
Then savor every warm,
delicious bite.
With all of these flavors, there's a Fall Crisp for everyone.
As promised, here's a sneak peek at next week's video.
These are guaranteed to get you up early next Thursday.
Thanks so much for watching. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel. And I'll see you
back here again next Thursday for more Bigger Bolder Baking.