This single serve apple crisp is cozy, warm, and bursting with cinnamon-spiced apples under a buttery oat topping — the perfect small-batch fall dessert for one!
Peel and dice the apple into approximately 1" cubes. It should be approximately 3/4-1 cup of diced apples. Add them to a 10 ounce (4.5") ramekin.
1 medium apple
Add in the sugar, flour, and cinnamon, and gently stir until the diced apple is well coated.
1 teaspoon granulated white sugar, 1 Tablespoon all purpose flour, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
In a separate bowl small bowl, stir together the flour, oats, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Once evenly mixed, add in the cold, cubed butter. Use a fork, or a pastry cutter, to incorporate the butter into the oat mixture. It will be crumbly.
1 Tablespoons all purpose flour, 2 Tablespoons old fashioned oats, 1 Tablespoon brown sugar, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, ⅛ teaspoon salt, 2 Tablespoons butter
Spoon the oat topping evenly over the apple mixture
Place the ramekin on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes or until apples are fork tender.
Allow to cool slightly and enjoy with vanilla ice cream!
Notes
I tested this recipe with multiple types of medium baking apples (honeycrisp, gala, fuji, cosmic crisp, granny smith). Use your favorite...or whichever is in your fruit bowl :)
Diced, you should have about 3/4-1 cup of apple for this recipe. As long as the apple and the topping fits in the ramekin, without overflowing, you should be fine.
Try to make the diced apples uniform in size so they bake evenly. Aim for about 1" cubes.
2 teaspoons of pure maple syrup can be used in place of the 1 teaspoon of sugar, if you prefer.
This is intended to be enjoyed in one sitting, however, if you have leftovers, let cool, cover and store in the fridge for up to 3 days.
To reheat, I recommend using the air fryer if you want to get any of the "crisp" back.
This recipe can easily be doubled, or tripled. Multiply the ingredients, mix together in a bowl, and then divide evenly into individual ramekins for baking.