Quick Skillet Apple Crisp for One
A Cozy Fall Dessert
Here’s the thing. Life after 50 teaches you to stop waiting for guests to justify making dessert. You want apple crisp? Make apple crisp. Eat it warm. Hide the evidence. Carry on. This quick skillet apple crisp for one comes together in about ten minutes and tastes like fall crawled through your kitchen window and gave you a hug.
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If you love easy comfort food, this goes perfectly with two of my reader favorites. My Dump It and Done Chicken and Rice handles dinner without drama. My Lazy Morning Breakfast Hack makes your mornings easier than they’ve been in years. And today you get a cozy little dessert to round out the perfect week.
The best part is that this quick skillet apple crisp for one uses simple ingredients you probably already have in your pantry.
Why You’ll Love It
If you’re anything like most of us over 50, you want cozy comfort without a sink full of dishes. This little crisp gives you:
• warm cinnamon apples
• a buttery crumble topping
• fast cleanup
• zero pressure to share
• big fall flavor in a tiny personal skillet
Ingredients
1 apple sliced thin
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg
1 tbsp oats
1 tbsp flour
1 tbsp butter for the topping
Tiny pinch of salt
Optional vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a small skillet on medium heat.
- Add the apple slices, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook until the apples soften and your kitchen smells like Southern Living.
- Mix oats, flour, butter and a pinch of salt in a small bowl. Use your fingers. Pretend Paul Hollywood is judging you.
- Sprinkle the topping over the apples.
- Cook until the topping turns golden and crisp.
- Add ice cream if you want to feel real joy.
- Eat immediately. Do not share with anyone who didn’t help cook.
Tips for Cozy Food Without the Work
• Honeycrisp or Gala work best
• Add pecans for a Southern twist
• A splash of bourbon if you’re feeling fun
• Swap the oats for crushed graham crackers when your pantry is on strike
Serving Ideas
• breakfast if nobody’s watching
• dessert with coffee
• late night snack
• warm reward after surviving the day
Try These Easy Favorites Too
If you love simple comfort meals, try these next:
• Dump It and Done Chicken and Rice for an easy dinner
• Lazy Morning Breakfast Hack for stress free mornings
If you want help choosing the best apples for baking, Southern Living has a great guide:
Best Apples For Baking
Storage
There won’t be any.
Quick Skillet Apple Crisp For One
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 apple sliced thin
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of nutmeg
- 1 tbsp oats
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 tbsp butter for the topping
- Tiny pinch of salt
- Optional vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a small skillet on medium heat.
- Add the apple slices, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook until the apples soften and your kitchen smells like Southern Living.
- Mix oats, flour, butter and a pinch of salt in a small bowl. Use your fingers. Pretend Paul Hollywood is judging you.
- Sprinkle the topping over the apples.
- Cook until the topping turns golden and crisp.
- Add ice cream if you want to feel real joy.
- Eat immediately. Do not share with anyone who didn’t help cook.
Notes
• Add pecans for a Southern twist
• A splash of bourbon if you’re feeling fun
• Swap the oats for crushed graham crackers when your pantry is on strike
