This air fryer apple crisp is the perfect single serving dessert that cooks up in 20 minutes. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of caramel sauce for the ultimate fall dessert.
Traditional apple crisp bakes low and slow in a big casserole dish. We wanted something faster and sized for one, so this version cooks right in an individual ramekin in the air fryer instead, the same fast trick behind our air fryer caramelized apples, just with a crispy oat topping piled on top.
The crispy oat topping is really the whole point of a crisp, and the texture reminds me of my air fryer granola recipe.
Since everything cooks in its own ramekin (or mini Dutch oven, whatever you've got), you get a personal-sized dessert, and it's easy to multiply if you end up feeding more than one. Top it with vanilla ice cream, or try it alongside our Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream for an extra cozy fall pairing.
Recipe Summary: Air Fryer Apple Crisp
- ✅ Recipe Name: Air Fryer Apple Crisp
- 🕒 Ready In: ~20 minutes of cook time: 15 minutes for the apples, 5 more for the oat topping
- 👪 Serves: Makes 1 serving, easy to scale up by multiplying every ingredient by however many people you're feeding
- 🍎 Apples: we used Gala, but Granny Smith and Pink Lady are good alternatives
- 🧈 Finished with a buttery cinnamon-oat topping
- 🍳 Equipment: Air Fryer
- 🌞 Best Season: Fall
- ⭐ Why You'll Love It: This air fryer apple crisp is the perfect single serving dessert that cooks up in 20 minutes.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- The apple crisp cooks in only 20 minutes with the use of an air fryer.
- We used individual a mini dutch oven for a fun way to serve this autumn dessert.
- Apple recipes are the best in the Fall, and they show up in my apple cranberry walnut salad.
Ingredient Notes
- Gala Apples - We chose Gala apples for their sweet, mellow flavor and their ability to hold their shape. Want more tartness? Granny Smith is the classic choice. Pink Lady lands in between, naturally sweet-tart with a similarly firm bite.
- Oats - You can make an apple crisp topping with or without oats. I have seen recipes using quick oats, but we opted for old-fashioned Quaker oats.
- Lemon Juice - Not only adds flavor but stops apples from turning brown.
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How to cook air fryer apple crisp
Step 1: Prepping apples. Preheat your air fryer to 350°F/176°C. Peel and dice Gala apples into small cubes. In a bowl, mix apples with lemon juice, cinnamon, white sugar, and maple syrup.
Step 2: Spread softened butter inside mini Dutch ovens or small ramekins and set aside.
Step 3: Spoon apple mixture into ramekins, place in the air fryer basket and cook for 15 minutes.
Step 4: While the apples are cooking, let's make the oatmeal topping. Mix oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter together.
Step 5. After 15 minutes, check on your apples. They should be tender but firm and golden brown.
Step 6. Sprinkle the oatmeal topping over the apples and air fry for another 5 minutes. Remove the apple crisp from the air fryer basket and top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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Storage instructions
Refrigerator: Cool completely, then cover and refrigerate up to 4 days, reheating in the air fryer at 300°F for 5 minutes.
Freezing: To freeze, cool completely and freeze in the ramekin up to 3 months, then reheat straight from frozen at 300°F for 12-15 minutes, or thaw overnight in the fridge first and reheat for 5-6 minutes.
Chef mike tips
- Choosing the right apples will make all the difference in a great apple crisp. I recommend Granny Smith or Gala apples.
- Cook apples evenly by cutting them uniformly in size.
- Adding lemon juice will prevent the apples from oxidizing and turning brown.
- Make sure to season chopped apples before air frying. We used maple syrup, cinnamon, sugar, and lemon juice for that classic fall flavor!
- Apple crisp is best served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. If apple crisp is refrigerated, pop them back into the air fryer at 300°F and cook for 5 minutes or until warm.
- I like to give my apples a stir at the halfway point (7 minutes in) to cook the apples evenly.
Air Fryer Apple Crisp FAQ's
Granny Smith apples are the popular choice for their crisp and tart flavor that makes for a perfect baking apple. We used Gala apples in this recipe for their sweet flavor and crisp texture.
Yes, for this recipe. Apple skin doesn't fully break down, so you end up with a tough, and chewy texture.
Yes. Bake in a 350°F oven for about 45 minutes, until the apple is tender and the topping is golden.
At 350°F, plan on 15 minutes for the apple alone, then 5 more minutes once the oat topping goes on, for 20 minutes of total cook time.
Almost always a moisture problem. Either the apple released too much liquid during cooking, or the topping went on too early and steamed instead of browning.
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Air Fryer Apple Crisp
Equipment
- Air Fryer
- Mini Dutch Ovens aka mini round cocotte
Ingredients
- 1 apple peeled and diced
- 1 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- softened butter for buttering ramekins
Oatmeal Topping
- 1 tablespoon butter melted
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon flour all-purpose
- 1 tablespoons brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 350°F.
- Wash, peel, and dice apples into small pieces. Combine diced apples, lemon juice, white granulated sugar, cinnamon, and maple syrup together in a bowl.
- Butter a Cocotte or ramekins and spoon in the apple mixture .
- Air fry for 15 minutes or until apples are cooked through.
- In a bowl, mix together butter, brown sugar, oats, flour, and cinnamon.
- Top apples with oatmeal topping and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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Notes
- The best baking apples for this recipe are Gala, Pink Lady, or Granny Smith.
- Scale this recipe for the amount of servings you need, just check how many ramekins fit in your air fryer basket at once, you may need to cook in batches.
- Air fryers cook differently depending on your model so keep that in mind when making this recipe.
Cinda Lou RAUPE-HULTNER says
These look delicious and elegant way to serve.