Air-Fryer Apple Crisp

This air-fryer apple crisp dish makes it simple to turn a plain apple and a coupleof kitchen components into a sweet, comfortable reward in less than 30 minutes. Choose your preferred sweet or tart apple range, and leading it with a basic cinnamon streusel that crisps in the air fryer. When you requirement dessert in a pinch, this dish is best, and it’s even muchbetter with a scoop of ice cream.

Desserts made with apples or other fruit, such as cobblers, collapses, crisps and buckles, are simple to puzzle. A crisp and a fallapart are comparable in that they each have a streusel topping and a bottom layer of sweetened fruit that gets juicy and tender when baked. The distinction is in a crisp’s topping, which usually, unlike a collapse’s, consistsof oats, spices like cinnamon, and sliced nuts. In this apple crisp for the air fryer, we likewise usage a touch of maple syrup—a best enhance to apples that brings out their natural sweettaste.

Traditionally, apple crisp is made as a big dessert in the oven, however this dish, like numerous other air-fryer desserts, is completely portioned for simply one or 2 individuals.

Ingredients for Air-Fryer Apple Crisp

Apple: This single-serve dish needs simply one apple, so pick your preferred! Some types of apples that taste wonderful and likewise hold their shape after baking are tart Granny Smiths or sweeter Fuji, Braeburn or Honeycrisp.
Butter: We like to usage gently salted butter for most of our dishes. Here, that little bit of saltiness goes a long method with the sweettaste of the apple and streusel.
Flour: A smidge of flour in the streusel mix assists it thicken and hold together assoonas baked. Regular all-purpose flour is fine to usage here.
Oats: The star component of this crisp topping is the oats. Look for old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats in the cereal or baking aisle. Use some for this dish and the rest for a coupleof oatmeal cookie dishes.
Maple syrup: Syrup is one of 2 things that make this dessert so sweet (the other is the apples themselves). The finest maple syrup to usage is golden or amber for a light maple taste, or dark for a morepowerful taste.
Cinnamon: Warm spices like cinnamon are a no-brainer with apple desserts (we have a lot of apple-cinnamon dishes to show it). You requirement just a little 1/4 teaspoon for this dish.
Vanilla ice cream: It’s optional, however why avoid velvety vanilla ice cream on top of a warm apple crisp?

Directions

Step 1: Prepare the apple

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While your air fryer pre-heats to 350°F, grease the tray that sits inside the basket. Brush both apple halves with 1 tablespoon of melted butter.

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Step 2: Make the streusel

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In a little bowl, mix together the staying 1 tablespoon of melted butter with the oats, maple syrup, flour and cinnamon. Divide this filling inbetween the 2 apple halves, spooning it into the .

Step 3: Bake the apples

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Set the filled apples on the tray of the air fryer. Spray a little cooking spray over the tops. Place the tray in the air fryer and cook the apples for 12 to 15 minutes, upuntil the apple halves are tender and the streusel is aromatic and golden brown.

Enjoy the apple crisp warm with a little spray of cinnamon and a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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Recipe Variations

Try various spices: Add a spray of other ground spices that set well with apples to the streusel mix, like nutmeg, cloves, allspice, ginger and cardamom.
Use other fruits to make a crisp: Instead of apples, include the streusel topping to cutinhalf and cored pears, and then bake as directed. Or, usage ramekins that fit inside your air-fryer basket to make private crisps with blackberries, blueberries, sliced peaches or strawberries—or a mix of 2 or 3 fruits.
Add nuts: For more crunch, include carefully sliced walnuts, almonds or pecans to the oat mix.
Make a gluten-free crisp: Use gluten-free oats rather of routine oats. In location of all-purpose flour, usage rice flour or your own gluten-free flour mix.

How to Store Air-Fryer Apple Crisp

Allow the remaining apple crisp to cool entirely, then cover it on a plate or relocation it to a little airtight container. Store the apple crisp in the refrigerator and, for the finest texture, consume it within 3 days. When you’re prepared to consume it, warm the apple crisp on the reheat setting in the air fryer or on a baking sheet in a low-temperature oven.