Slow Cooker Apple Crisp

Slow cookers are a great way to make delicious apple crisp without heating up your kitchen during the summer! It’s also the perfect fall dessert and a flavorful treat for those cold winter nights.

Add a few ingredients to the slow cooker before dinner and your dessert will be perfectly ready just in time. Next, try Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake or Slow Cooker Scalloped Apples.

All you need to make this comforting dessert is apples, some brown sugar and flour, ground nuts, butter, and cinnamon. It cooks in your crockpot on high for 2 1/2 hours before serving with ice cream or whipped cream on top!

Is it better to cook apple crisp in the oven or slow cooker?

• Slow Cooker Apple Crisp is perfect for at-home cooks with busy schedules.
• The slow cooker can be left unattended while cooking the apple crisp, which frees up your time to do other things. Cooking apple crisp in an oven requires monitoring, so it cooks evenly, and the topping doesn’t burn.
• Both cooking methods taste great, so why not opt for less stress by using the crockpot?

Can I use fresh apples instead?

To make things simple, we’re using canned apple pie filling for this recipe. Apple pie filling in a can has a great thick texture and flavor.

If you choose to substitute fresh apples, you’ll want to slice and peel them before adding them to the slow cooker.

Here are the ingredients for from scratch apple pie filling:

• 6 apples, thinly sliced and peeled
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 Tablespoons flour (to help thicken the sauce)

Toss the apples in the sugar, cinnamon and flour. Add to the slow cooker and continue with the recipe.

What should I use for the topping?

Streusel toppings are typically made with flour, sugar, butter (or margarine), baking powder or soda, salt, and sometimes spices like cinnamon. I find that the oats we use in this slow cooker apple crisp, paired with the flour and ground pecans, is crumbly and cooks perfectly.

How to make slow cooker apple crisp

• Apple pie filling: Any brand, be sure not to grab sugar-free unless you are needing sugar-free.
• Brown sugar: Light brown sugar works best
• Oatmeal: Rolled oats, not quick-cooking.
• Flour: All-purpose flour
• Chopped pecans: I buy these already chopped, this saves a step! This is what gives the topping a “crunch”.
• Butter: Salted butter, melted
• Seasonings: Ground cinnamon, nutmeg, salt

What is the difference between apple pie and apple crisp?

Apple pie is made with a pastry crust while apple crisp is made with a streusel topping.

How long does it cook?

Apple crumble cooks approximately two and a half on high in the crock pot.

Can you cook it without an apple pie filling?

• You can use any fruit filling for the recipe such as cherry, berry or strawberry.
• Other options would be whole cranberry sauce, canned sliced peaches, or even pineapple chunks, and I’ve even seen a recipe with frozen blueberries mixed in. They all sound delicious, so get creative if you’re interested in trying a variation without apples.

The slow cooker apple crisp is a delicious dessert that won’t heat up your kitchen on those warm summer days. It’s also great for the winter months when you don’t want to worry about turning on the oven and heating up the whole house.

This recipe makes enough so that you can enjoy it as an evening snack after dinner or have some leftovers for breakfast in the morning!

Be sure to save this recipe because there are lots of amazing fruit filling flavors you can make and they all sound equally tempting. Which flavor would be your favorite?

Other fruit desserts that can be made in the slow cooker:

• Slow Cooker Blackberry Cobbler
• Slow Cooker Pecan Pie
• Slow Cooker Banana Nut Cake
• Slow Cooker Pineapple Coconut Spoon Cake
• Slow Cooker Lemon Spoon Cake

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