How to Make a Delicious Shortbread Apple Crisp

We are beyond excited to introduce you to Lauren, our guest author today, who is also a blogger over at Simplemamame! Lauren is from Minnesota and is a proud mama of two absolutely adorable boys! She is one of the most sweetest and caring people you will ever meet. Lauren is passionate about cooking and baking, as Lauren would say, “Cooking is my love language.” With that in mind, we asked Lauren to share with us one of her favorite fall recipes.

Guest Post: Lauren’s Shortbread Crisp:

It’s fall y’all! Everyone’s got some kind of pumpkin spice something in their home and baking season is just beginning! We love baked goods in our house. Whether it’s cookies, bread, pie, or crisp; we just love everything there is about baking. The time we all spend in the kitchen as a family, putting our recipe together, baking it in a warm oven (heating the house at the same time), the aroma of vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg slowly creeping through the house, the joy and laughter we have sitting at the table enjoying the warm dessert fresh from the oven. Fall doesn’t get better than this!

This Shortbread Crisp recipe is so easy to make, and delicious, you’ll be wanting to make it every week.

List of Ingredients

For the crust:
2 cups flour
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 cup (two sticks) chilled butter
For the filling:
6 cups sliced fruit (apple/peach/pear work great for this recipe)
1/2 cup sugar
2-3 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Topping:
1 1/2 cups oats
1 cup flour
1 1/4 sticks of softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, combine crust ingredients. Use a piecrust cutter until it resembles pea-sized crumbs. Press into ungreased 9×13 cakepan. Bake 15 minutes.

Prepare fruit, add spices, and pour over baked crust. Reduce oven to 350 degrees.

Combine crumb topping ingredients and sprinkle evenly over fruit. Place back into oven for 35-45 minutes, until sides of topping brown and filling is soft.