Breakfast Apple Granola Crisp
A delicious way to start your day from Deb! There's a bit of sugar in the apples, and some honey in the granola, but you can try reducing these and see how it tastes.
Ingredients
- 3-4 pounds apples
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- Healthy dash of cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup flour
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
- 1/2 cup rice krispies
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Peel, core and roughly chunk the apples. Toss them with lemon juice, sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and salt. Pour them into a 2 1/2 quart baking dish (not as big as a 9x13 but bigger than an 8x8).
- Measure the honey out in a microwave safe measuring cup. Add the butter and then melt together in the microwave. Stir to combine.
- Mix together the oats, pecans, rice krispies and flour in a bowl. Pour in the melted butter and honey, and stir to evenly combine all ingredients.
- Spread the granola evenly over the apples, then place in the oven to bake for 40-45 minutes, until the granola is crisp and the apple filling is bubbling.
- Halfway through baking, cover the granola with foil to prevent it from burning. Remove the foil for the last three minutes of baking to recrisp the granola topping.
- Eat alone or on top of plain yogurt. This keeps well in the fridge.
Notes
- I added more apples, lowered the oven temperature by 25° and changed the granola mix-ins.
- For the granola topping, feel free to mix and match your favorite add-ins. Deb starts with 1/2 cup of shredded coconut and 1/2 cup sliced almonds, but I love the flavor of toasted pecans and the crunch of the rice krispies. Just make sure that the total volume of dry ingredients is 3 cups.
Source: Smitten Kitchen