The perfect individual sized dessert, these baked apple halves are the perfect mix of baked apples and crispy brown sugar and oatmeal topping. Serve them with a scoop of ice cream for a fabulous dessert.

Baked apple half stuffed with brown sugar and oat crisp topping finished with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, ready to eat.

Are they a baked apple or apple crisp? These baked apple halves are a little bit of both.

Tasty baked apples topped with crunchy brown sugar and oat topping. They are perfect individually sized treats that might just become your favorite fall dessert.

Baked apple half with brown sugar and oat filling topped with scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzle of caramel sauce.

If you are looking for a simple way to turn fresh fruit into a tasty dessert, this is just the thing. These baked apple halves are the perfect size to indulge a bit without going overboard.

I go crazy buying apples when the season finally comes around. There is nothing like coming home with a bag of freshly picked apples.

We all love them, so sometimes I have to be protective of my treasure. Otherwise we can gobble them up in no time.

Ingredients including apples, butter, brown sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon, and nutmeg ready to be made into stuffed baked apple halves.

Cast iron pan with melted butter by bowl of brown sugar, flour, and oats mixture for crisp filling.

So I set a few aside for recipe creation and quickly hid a few in the back of the crisper drawer. My lunchbox was quite happy I did too.

Those beauties really were a highlight while they lasted. The buttery brown sugar and oat filling really compliments the juicy apples.

Making Mini Apple Crisp Baked Apples

Great apples have such a beautiful flavor, I didn’t want to go crazy hiding it with other ingredients. Instead I just cut them in half, scooped out the core and stuffed them with the ingredients you’d find in a typical apple crisp.

After all they are a classic for a reason. The results were amazing! The apples were fork tender, but not mushy.

The topping was sweet and golden and crunchy. They were fabulous on their own, but a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of caramel sauce certainly didn’t hurt them.

Little Dude is always an excellent helper in the kitchen. He put together the topping and helped the apple scraps find their way to the compost bin.

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apples halved and cored getting filled with crisp mixture in enameled cast iron braiser.

pan filled with baked apple halves topped with oatmeal mixture.

Then he helped fill the apples. We both anxiously waited for the timer to buzz. The house smelled so good and we could not wait to sink our teeth into one.

They were worth the wait! My husband had been napping on the couch and rose from the dead as soon as he heard the rattle of plates.

He knew he had better make his way to the table asap. And it was a good thing he did, we love them so much and gobbled them down.

If there are leftovers, they reheat well. Just pop one in the microwave for a few seconds until it is warmed through again.

What kind of apples are good for baking?

Some apples work better for baking then others. There are varieties that are more likely to hold their shape through the baking and others that are more likely to turn to mush.

Luckily the mush will likely be delicious, but not idea for pretty presentation! So here are a few varieties that hold up and present well:

Jonagold apples are great for baking. They are one of my favorite apples to get at our local orchard. They work perfect for recipes like this because they are fabulous on their own and bake well. They don’t store as well though, so enjoy them during the peak of the season.

Jonagolds are a mix between Jonathan and golden delicious. Jonathan’s themselves are a great baking apple and tend to be just a tad bit more tart than the Jonagold. Both are crisp, delicious and great for cooking with.

Bite of apple crisp baked apple half on spoon with melted vanilla ice cream showing the softened apple and crisp topping.

close up of an apple half transformed into a mini apple crisp baked apple with a drizzle of caramel sauce.

Braeburn apples are another flavorful apple in their own right, so they are perfect for a recipe like this where the apples are the star of the show.

Pink Ladies are a fabulous option. They have that mix of sweet and tart and hold their shape wonderfully.

Honeycrisp apples are basically the be all end all of apples. They are wonderful in almost any situation, especially if that situation involves some oatmeal streusel and a scoop of ice cream.

Granny Smith apples are sort of the classic baking apple. They are naturally tart, so the finished product doesn’t end up too sweet.

The skins on granny Smith apples do tend to be a little tougher than the rest, but it certainly isn’t a deal breaker. You may want to reserve them for something like a pie though, so you can remove the peel.

More apple varieties to try in baking: Fuji, crispin, golden delicious, and winesnap.

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Mini Apple Crisp Baked Apple Halves

Author: Carlee

Servings: Servings

Are they a baked apple or apple crisp? These fun desserts are a little bit of both. Tasty baked apples topped with crunchy brown sugar and oat topping. They are perfect individually sized treats that might just become your favorite fall dessert.

Prep: 15

Cook: 50

Total: 1 5

Equipment

Lodge 3.6 Quart Enamel Cast Iron Casserole Dish with Lid

Ingredients