Description
This Apple Crisp Pizza combines the comforting flavors of a classic apple crisp dessert with the fun and shareable format of a pizza. Featuring a flaky pie crust base, a cinnamon-sugar apple filling, a crunchy oat topping, and a luscious caramel drizzle, it’s the perfect warm dessert to serve with ice cream for a crowd-pleasing treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Pie Crust
- 1 (9 inch) homemade pie crust (or store bought)
Apple Filling
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 cups peeled and diced apples (such as Gala, Fiji, Braeburn, Empire; diced into 1/4 inch pieces – about 4 apples)
Topping
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup salted butter, softened (see Notes)
Drizzle
- 1/2 cup caramel topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to prepare for baking the apple crisp pizza.
- Prepare crust: Roll out the pie crust to fit a 12-inch pizza pan. Fold under the edges slightly to create a raised crust that will hold the filling.
- Make apple filling: In a medium bowl, combine white sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Add the peeled and diced apples and toss well to coat evenly in the mixture.
- Assemble apple layer: Spread the apple mixture in a single, even layer over the prepared pie crust, covering the surface completely.
- Prepare topping: In a separate bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, rolled oats, cinnamon, and softened butter. Use your hands to mix and mush the ingredients together until the texture resembles wet sand.
- Add topping: Sprinkle the prepared oat topping evenly over the layer of apples on the crust.
- Bake: Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the apples are tender and the topping is golden brown.
- Drizzle caramel: Remove the pizza from the oven and immediately drizzle the caramel topping evenly over the warm apple crisp pizza.
- Serve: Cut the apple crisp pizza into slices, serve warm, and optionally pair with ice cream for an extra indulgent dessert.
Notes
- Using salted butter in the topping helps balance the sweetness of the dessert. If you opt for unsalted butter, sprinkle a pinch of salt over the crisp topping before baking to enhance the flavors.
- This dessert is best served warm and pairs beautifully with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
- You can use any variety of apples suitable for baking; a mix of tart and sweet apples adds complexity to the flavor.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (1/12th of pizza)
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 140mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 41g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
