Servings: 6-8 serving(s)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Total time: 1 hours
Cooking time: 45 minutes
PrintAdding molasses to the fruit creates a rich caramel flavour in this cranberry apple crisp recipe. The cranberries add a pretty touch and tart flavour.
Apple crisp was a favourite dessert when I was growing up. I loved the soft tart apples but the best part was really the crunchy topping. Mom made her apple crisp with rolled oats, butter and brown sugar which to me tasted just like candy.
My mom never wrote her recipe down. Instead she just eyed it, especially when it came to sweetening the fruit. That’s the thing – the amount of sugar added to the fruit depends on how tart your apples are. I prefer firm, tart cortland apples but for this recipe you can use your favourite or whatever you have on hand. The amount of molasses that I have included with the filling works for a tart apple. But if you have a really sweet tooth more is good too (up to 2/3 of a cup).
Adding molasses to the fruit makes the caramel-like sauce that forms during cooking extra rich. You could serve this with ice cream, but it doesn’t need it. (My son prefers apple crisp straight up for breakfast.)
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Ingredients:
Filling:
- 5-6 apples, peeled and sliced
- ½ cup cranberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1/2 cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp butter for dabbing
Topping:
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter, softened
Instructions:
For the filling:
- Place the apples and cranberries in a medium casserole dish.
- Pour over the molasses, sprinkle with cinnamon and dab with the butter.
For the topping:
- Combine the flour, rolled oats and brown sugar.
- Add butter and mix together into a crumble.
- Sprinkle the crumble mixture over the apples.
- Bake at 375 F for 35-45 minutes, until apples are soft.
Serve hot or warm.
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This sounds really good ,I have to try this, thank you.
> I will try this for my Thanksgiving Dinner on Monday.
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Sounds great, i’m going to try this.
> Im going to try this for my Thanksgiving on Monday.
Betty, I hope that you enjoyed it!
I have made “apple crisp” for years, in fact, my mother made it when I was a child. This recipe with the cranberries sounds good. I will try it.
Audrey, I hope you enjoy it. The recipe is an adaptation of my mom’s apple crisp.
I just made this recipe got it in the oven , it was so easy to prepare….it looks delicous can’t wait to taste it…..
will try this one later..like trying new recipes
This is really good
Can’t wait to try this one ~ sounds delicious and really different with the molasses! It would make a nice Christmas dinner dessert!
i am going to try this one for sure.
just wondering if partridge berries can be substituted for the cranberries?
I bet this apple crisp would be delicious with partridge berries. Are they more tart than cranberries? (I have only had partridge berry jam so don’t know how tart they are on their own). If that’s the case you can add a bit more molasses to the filling. Enjoy!
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Love molasses! Just took it out of the oven, and it smells delicious! Had to alter slightly to make it gluten free, but I just know it’s going to be good!
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I just made the apple cranberry crisp last night and brought it into work, thumbs up from everyone! Very easy to make, I doubled the recipe and made a few pans of it. I’d make this again and again. thank you.
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Do you think dried cranberries would work here. I always have them on hand but not fresh one thanks Sue
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Haven’t seen fresh cranberries in the market in California yet, but it shouldn’t be much longer. What if instead for now I used a can of Whole Cranberry Sauce, sort of chopped up?
Hi Kim, Not sure what this recipe would be like with cranberry sauce. If I was to test it I’d start with no more than 1/2 cup of the sauce. Do you have access to frozen cranberries? They work in this recipe.
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Hi. Can you add any altitude notes to your recipies. I’m in Calgary and never know if I need to make changes. Would I make any changes to this to accommodate the altitude? Ty!!! Love the recipies you share with us.
Hi there, Since I’m not able to test the recipes based on altitude I hesitate to make any recommendations. Because there is no leavening agent in this recipe you should be fine. Here is a link to some additional information: http://www.monastable.ca/blog/2017/8/29/highaltitude
I made this recipe today. The fresh cranberries had not come in yet so I used Ocean Spray frozen cranberries .I used Golden Delicious and Braeburn apples. I doubled the recipe. I baked it in a large Staub Ceramic 4.5 (13 X 9″ ) Gratin dish. It has real high sides. I had to bake it almost an hour but it came out perfect. I let it cool down for an hour. The cranberry apple crisp was delicious. The molasses really added another dimension to the flavor. This recipe is a keeper!
Hi Paul, So pleased you enjoyed the crisp recipe. (I have made it three times in the past two weeks — always delicious.) Good to know that the recipe doubles well.