Apple Cranberry Crisp

This Apple Cranberry Crisp is the perfect fall dessert. Combine apple pie filling with fresh cranberries and top with a delicious topping that begs for a big scoop of ice cream. Between this and my crockpot apple cobbler, I feel like I’m set for fall desserts!

Apple Cranberry Crisp Dessert

The holidays are coming so you’ll need several desserts in your entertaining arsenal. You’ll of course have Homemade Apple Pie, but what else? Be sure to stock up on ice cream too, you’ll love it with warm apple cranberry crisp after dinner.

Baking tips for this dessert

• A hand held mixer is fine, no need to pull out the big stand mixer for this.
• Evaporated milk is not the same as sweetened condensed milk. However if you don’t have any evaporated milk on hand, you can create your own. To make 1 cup of evaporated milk, simmer 2 1/4 cups of regular milk down until it becomes 1 cup.
• You can use either fresh or frozen cranberries for this dessert. If you are using frozen, don’t thaw them, just toss them in frozen.

Ingredients you will need for this apple cranberry crisp

• Filling: apple pie filling, fresh or frozen cranberries
• Batter: unsalted butter, sugar, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, evaporated milk
• Topping: cornstarch, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, water

Helpful kitchen tools

• Handheld mixer
• Chef’s knife
• Mixing bowl
• 9×9 square baking pan
• Whisk
• Wooden spoon
• Ice cream scoop

How to make Apple Cranberry Crisp

You can prep this dessert ahead of time and place it in the refrigerator. Pull it out about 20 minutes before baking, while your oven is preheating.

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Spread apple pie filling in the bottom of a 9 x 9 inch sprayed baking dish. Sprinkle cranberries on top fold in just a little to spread them around.
3. Cream together butter and 1/4 cup of the sugar in your mixer until light and fluffy.

1. Turn mixer down to low and add the flour, baking powder, salt and evaporated milk. Turn mixer up to medium and mix until well combined.
2. Spread the batter over the fruit with a spoon.

1. Whisk together the remaining 3/4 cup of sugar, cornstarch, nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice. Sprinkle sugar mixture over the batter on the fruit.
2. Heat the water in the microwave until boiling then pour over the sugar mixture in the baking pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven 55 to 60 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream or homemade whipped cream.

This apple cranberry crisp is ideal for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but also works great for any fall weeknight! A delicious combinations of two of our favorite autumn flavors.

More fall desserts

• I based this recipe on my Pear Peach Crisp, using the topping batter and water instead of can juices.
• Try these deliciousStewed Pears! Doused in magical holiday flavors, these red wine stewed pears are a must for the fall/winter season!
• In the spring, be sure to try our Rhubarb Crisp.
• Check out all the cobblers and crisps we have collected.
• Be sure to try my cranberry caramel bars, perfect for taking along!
• These sweet little apple pie cupcakes are made with 3 ingredients including cake mix, apple pie filling, and eggs.
• Warm and tender apples stuffed with cinnamon sugared oats and pecans, these air fryer baked apples are one of fall’s sweetest dessert options to make in a snap!

This post originally appeared here on Jan 8, 2013.