The Better Baker: Apple Crisp Pizza

Monday, November 21, 2011

Apple Crisp Pizza

This is such a great recipe. It's simple, yet elegant and OH SO tasty!

It's simply apple crisp with a crunchy oatmeal topping on a pie crust!

WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE???

I was excited when I found it at Life as a Lofthouse.

I've always been partial to my Simple Apple Crisp recipe, and this goes just one step further, making the simple into an elegant dessert.

Hubby and I enjoyed very large pieces of it at a time, and it didn't take long for the 2 of us to clean that pizza pan!

{Not all at once, mind you!}

I only had a little bit of caramel in the bottle, so I heated it a tad, then wished I had left it cold because it ran into a 'puddle'...which I guess is fine. I would have liked for it to look more like a 'drizzle'.

Oh well - LIVE AND LEARN, right???

APPLE CRISP PIZZA

Pastry for single crust pie (9-inch)

2/3 c. sugar

3 Tb. all purpose flour

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

4 medium gala apples, peeled and diced into 1/4" pieces

(use your favorite baking apple)

TOPPING:

1/2 c. all purpose flour

1/3 c. packed brown sugar

1/3 c. rolled oats

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

(I like to add a little bit of grated fresh nutmeg too)

1/4 c. butter, softened

1/2 c. caramel topping

Preheat oven to 350. Roll pastry to fit a 12" pizza pan; fold under or flute the edges. Combine sugar, flour and cinnamon in medium bowl. Add peeled, diced apples and toss. Arrange the apples in a single layer over the pie crust to completely cover it.

Combine the first 5 topping ingredients in a bowl and sprinkle evenly over the apples.

Bake 35 - 40 minutes or until apples are tender. Remove from oven and immediately drizzle with caramel topping. Cut into pizza slices and serve warm with ice cream.

Yield: 10 - 12 pieces