These easy, rustic Mini Skillet Apple Crisps are warm and cozy thanks to the baked apples, brown sugar crumble topping, and scoops of vanilla ice cream. Made with fresh apples and simple pantry ingredients, it's the ultimate fall treat!
How cute are these personal skillet apple crisps? These mini apple crisps are so beautiful for entertaining this fall!
How to make mini skillet apple crisps:
- Place peeled, cored, and thinly sliced apples into a large mixing bowl. Add to the apples the cinnamon, brown sugar, ground ginger, lemon juice, and flour. Toss well to coat. Set aside.
- In a food processor fitted with the steel blade, place the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt and mix briefly until thoroughly combined. Add in the cut pieces of butter until it forms a coarse paste.
- Melt a pat of butter into four mini cast iron skillets. Add a layer of the apple mixture into each skillet and top each with the crisp topping. Bake in the oven for 45 to 50 minutes until apples are tender. (Cover the tops with foil if the topping starts to burn.)
- Remove from the oven and let cool slightly (3 min. tops) and top each apple crisp with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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Take advantage of fall's abundance of freshly picked apples! Gorgeous honeycrisp apples are the star in this dessert! But, you can also use Granny Smith and other varieties for this crisp.
Peel, core and slice the apples thinly. I like to use my apple slicer (makes it so much easier!).
Place the apple slices into a mixing bowl and toss with the cinnamon, brown sugar, ginger, lemon juice, and flour.
These mini cast iron skillets are just the right size! Place a pat of butter into each mini skillet and quickly melt.
Rustic, yet elegant, these Mini Skillet Apple Crisps have autumn written all over them, with warm apple slices and a sweet and crunchy, golden-brown topping!
Top these beauties off with scoops of vanilla ice cream for the ultimate apple crisp! This dessert is melt-in-your mouth delicious!
Tips and tricks
- If you don't have the mini cast iron skillets, you can always use one medium-sized cast iron skillet with all of the ingredients.
- Make sure your apples are at room temperature to ensure they bake evenly.
- Use an apple slicer to make your life easier! If you have an apple peeler, even better!
- Cover the tops of the mini skillets with a piece of foil if the tops start to get too brown while baking.
- Store the entire mini skillet in the refrigerator overnight for leftovers (if you have any!). Reheat in the oven on a warm temperature.
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Update Notes: This post was originally published on November 4, 2019, but was republished with slight text changes and additions, like step-by-step instructions and tips, in October 2021.
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Mini Skillet Apple Crisps
These easy Mini Skillet Apple Crisps are warm and cozy with baked apples, a brown sugar crumble topping, and vanilla ice cream scoops. Made with fresh apples and simple pantry ingredients, it's the ultimate fall treat!
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 5 honeycrisp or Granny Smith apples (peeled, cored, and thinly sliced)
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- Juice from ½ lemon
- 1 tablespoon flour
For the crisp topping:
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 stick butter (cold, cut into 6 pieces)
- 4 pats of butter
- Vanilla ice cream for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Place peeled, cored, and thinly sliced apples in a large mixing bowl. Add to the apples the cinnamon, ginger, brown sugar, lemon juice, and flour. Toss well to coat. Set aside.
- In a food processor fitted with the steel blade, place the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt and mix briefly until thoroughly combined. Add in the cut pieces of butter until it forms a coarse paste.
- Melt a pat of butter into four mini cast iron skillets. Add a layer of the apple mixture into each skillet and top each with the crisp topping. Bake in the oven for 45 to 50 minutes until apples are tender. (Cover the tops with foil if the topping starts to burn.)
- Remove from the oven and let cool slightly (3 min. tops) and top each apple crisp with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Notes
- If you don't have the mini cast iron skillets, you can always use one medium-sized cast iron skillet with all of the ingredients.
- Make sure your apples are at room temperature to ensure they bake evenly.
- Use an apple slicer to make your life easier! If you have an apple peeler, even better!
- Cover the tops of the mini skillets with a piece of foil if the tops start to get too brown while baking.
- Store the entire mini skillet in the refrigerator overnight for leftovers (if you have any!). Reheat in the oven on a warm temperature.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 45 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 500
- Sugar: 41.3 g
- Sodium: 150.2 mg
- Fat: 23.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 71.4 g
- Protein: 4.1 g
- Cholesterol: 60.7 mg
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Constance says
Apple crisp is one of my favorite desserts, I just made some last night. Doing it in the cast iron is perfect!! Love your recipe.
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Asian Caucasian says
Thank you, Constance! This is one of my favorite apple recipes!
Amy Chung says
Desserts is not my forte although I do give it a go sometimes but this recipe sounds like something I could easily do! And I love apples too so this is perfect.
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Asian Caucasian says
I am definitely not a baker either! So I choose easy recipes that don't require a lot of exact measurements! This one is so easy!
Chef Mireille says
I love apple crisp but never thought of baking it in a skillet before. As I love the flavor that cooking in cast iron pans brings to food, I am sure this must have been fantastic. Definitely baking my next apple crisp in a cast iron skillet.
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Asian Caucasian says
Any size cast iron skillet will do! I just love using it as a presentation also.
Brynn McDowell says
Wow! These are so stunning and one of my all time favorite fall desserts. I love the idea of using mini skillet pans so everyone gets their own individual one.
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Asian Caucasian says
Yes, serving these apple crisps in mini skillets is always a hit!
Ramona says
A delicious apple dessert recipe indeed and these cute little skillets are such a great idea - beautiful!
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Asian Caucasian says
Thank you, Ramona! I think these are so pretty for serving guests. They always ooh and ahh!
Alisa Infanti says
I love this recipe because it is a smaller portion vs. having to make a whole crisp large enough to feed a family. This is perfect to have with my husband when we just want a treat!
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Asian Caucasian says
It really is perfect for an intimate dinner! Hope you enjoy!
Beth M. says
Yummy! I love all things apples! These apple crisps are so adorable! Can’t wait to serve them in these cute mini skillets!
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Asian Caucasian says
Me too! Apple everything. These cute desserts will win over your holiday guests!