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Fresh apples can be really high maintenance. Washing, drying, peeling, dicing, keeping the seeds and core out of your cut fruit. They turn brown. But canned apple filling saves a lot of time and prep. Why not let a handful of pantry ingredients do all the work this time around with this easy apple crisp?
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Tips to make apple pie filling
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 400°F and grease the sides and bottom of an 8×8-inch baking dish. Pull out all of your ingredients that you’ll need before you begin baking. Keep your butter cold.
Step 2: Scrape both cans of apple pie filling into the dish then spread it into an even layer, then sprinkle the cinnamon over the top. Set aside.
Step 3: In a large bowl, combine cold cubed butter, flour, and sugar. If using unsalted butter, add a pinch of salt. Use a fork to cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture looks like coarse sand.
Step 4: Stir the chopped pecans into the sandy crumble mixture.
Step 5: Spread the crumble over the top, edge to edge so the fruit is fully covered, then bake for 35 to 40 minutes until the top becomes a light golden brown. Let cool about 5 minutes since the fruit filling will be very hot.
Tools and equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Large mixing bowl
- Fork
- 8×8-inch baking dish
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Easy Apple Crisp With Apple Pie Filling
Ingredients
- 2 21-oz cans apple pie filling
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cold butter cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- pinch of salt, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and grease the sides and bottom of an 8×8-inc. baking dish. Keep the butter cold until you are ready to combine ingredients.
- Scrape both cans of apple pie filling into the dish and spread into an even layer. Sprinkle the ground cinnamon evenly over the top.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, and cold cubed butter. Use a fork to cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture is crumbly.
- Stir the chopped pecans into the crumble, then spread the mixture over the apple filling.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until the top is golden and the filling bubbles around the edges. Let sit for about 5 minutes since the filling will be very hot. Serve warm plain or with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
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The bottom line
This easy apple crisp with apple pie filling pulls together with about 5 ingredients in fewer than 45 minutes. With a buttery pecan crumble, it’s a fall dessert I make when I don’t have any fresh apples on hand or I have a couple of cans of apple pie filling ready to do the trick.
