Welcome fall with this homemade Skillet Apple Crisp. Cinnamon spiced apples are cooked to buttery soft perfection and topped with a crunchy pecan streusel topping. Topped with vanilla ice cream or enjoyed on its own, it's an easy apple dessert that'll have everyone rushing back for seconds!
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Equipment
10-inch cast iron or oven proof skillet
Ingredients
6applespeeled, cored and chopped into chunks
1tablespoonfresh lemon juice
½cuppacked light brown sugar
¾teaspooncinnamon
pinchof Kosher salt
3tablespoonsunsalted butter
1vanilla bean
Streusel Topping
1 ½cupoats
1cupchopped pecans
½cuppacked light brown sugar
¼cupflour
½teaspooncinnamon
¼teaspoonnutmeg
¼teaspoonKosher salt
6tablespoonscold unsalted butter
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, mix together the oats, pecans, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
Cut the 6 tablespoons of butter into small pieces and using your fingers, massage the butter into the mixture until it is incorporated fully.
In a large bowl, toss the apples with the tablespoon of lemon juice, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt.
Over medium heat, melt the 3 tablespoons of butter in a 10-inch cast iron or oven-proof skillet.
Using a sharp knife and on a cutting board, slice down the middle of the vanilla bean. Gently scrape all of the vanilla bean goodness (those little egg-looking vanilla bean specks) out.
Add the vanilla specks to the melted butter and stir for about a minute.
Increase heat for the skillet up to medium-high and add the coated apples.
Cook for 5 minutes, tossing the apples gently in the vanilla butter.
Remove from heat and evenly scatter the streusel topping over the apples.