Apple Cardamom Crisp
Warm spiced Apple Cardamom Crisp is topped with a nutty oat streusel and a scoop of ice cream for the perfect fall comfort dessert. 
I have another honest-to-goodness recipe for you today!! There are some recipes that are just so simple, classic, and ridiculously perfect that no other word can describe them other than honest-to-goodness good. This apple cardamom crisp belongs to that group and it’s our new fall favorite dessert.
You will have to forgive its not-so-pretty nature but trust me, that is the last thing you will be thinking about when you take your first spoonful. Warm baked apples spiced with cardamom and nutmeg are topped with a nutty oat streusel that is as addicting as the scoop of ice cream that goes with it all.
I had to make something extra special for Mystery Dish this month because I am hosting! This means I not only get to choose our box of secret ingredients to cook with but I also get to invite a guest to join us for the month. I invited the lovely and talented Mary Frances of The Sweet Tooth Life and if you have not yet been acquainted with her blog, I suggest you do!! You will love her delicious healthy desserts.
Here are the ingredients I selected and challenged the group to use at least three ingredients in their dishes:
- sesame seeds
- green chiles
- green tea or matcha powder
- cardamom
- ginger
- feta cheese
- lamb
- pinto beans
- white wine
- prickly pear cactus
- apples
Despite my intentions of trying to share a recipe with prickly pear cactus (was so excited after this tutorial from Autumn), I failed to have one that was decent looking. Instead, I went with the comfort of warm spices and baked apples that are this apple cardamom crisp.
Mr. J has been asking for an apple crisp for a long time and this was just the perfect time to indulge. I was inspired by the lovely spice of cardamon for this apple crisp. I know cinnamon is key in most fall baking but we tend to forget cardamon which is equally as warm and brings warmth to any recipe. I’ve used homemade cardamon marshmallows before and knew it would be perfect in an apple crisp.
Nothing beats a serving of warm apple crisp with toasty crunchy toppings and a scoop of ice cream on a cool fall evening. Enjoy this!!
Apple Cardamom Crisp
Warm spiced Apple Cardamom Crisp is topped with a nutty oat streusel and a scoop of ice cream for the perfect fall comfort dessert.
Ingredients
- 5-6 medium-sized apples, you can use a mix of apples
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cardamom
- ½ teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- zest and juice of one lemon
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch (optional)
For the Topping:
- 1⅓ cups all-purpose flour (or gluten-free flour mix)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup pecans, chopped ⅓ cup oats
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Position oven rack in the center. Grease a 9 x 13-inch pan or large round ramekin.
- Peel and core apples. Slice into think ¼-inch slices and place in a medium bowl. Toss apples with brown sugar, cardamom, ginger, lemon zest, and juice and cornstarch. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together all the topping ingredients except the butter. Using your fingertips, work the butter into the topping and break until the mixture resembles wet sand.
- Toss the apples with a cup of the topping and place in a prepared pan. Scatter the rest of the topping on top of the apples evenly.
- Bake until topping is toasted and filling is bubbling, 50-55 minutes. Let cool before serving with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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I loooove cardamom! It’s one of my favorite spices. This looks delicious, as usual! Thank you for sharing it!!
Apple crisp is my favorite! Love the addition of cardamom!
I just made apple crisp this past weekend too…love your version!
This is perfection – I’ve been thinking lately that I wanted to make an apple crisp!
Cardamom is such an underutilized spice. I love it. It brings a beautiful sweet earthiness… Yum! Im pretty sure I could eat this entire crisp! Dangerous 🙂 thanks for sharing!!
Mmm this looks sooo good! I would especially love this in the morning. Perfect for the fall!
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Yum! Your photo’s make me drool, I love it. I wonder if I could get the boyfriend to try this..Hmm.. I’m pining. Thanks for sharing & happy Tuesday!
Wow girl this is wholesome and delicious. I so want this for dinner. I don’t even need a real meal. Just this and some ice cream.
Stop it right now! I know I talk about it all the time, but it’s still so hot here in NOLA….
buuuut I’ve been making an effort to at least try and make it feel a little bit like actual fall. This usually involves eating my weight in giant honeycrisp apples on the daily. (Seriously, so good.)
I live for some spices and anything with a streusel or some sort of crispy topping, so these are really giving me ideas to switch up my usual apple consumption.
Trying this out this week!
This looks completely amazing Zainab!! I have actually never used cardamom before so I need to give it a try!
Cardamom is my favorite spice… there’s nothing like the smell of it baking – love how you paired it with apple.
This crisp looks delish! Love the addition of cardamon, so unique and delicious.
This makes me think of cool fall days, which I WISH we had here in South Florida! Cool or not, I’d still devour this. Looks great, Zainab!
mmm, looks amazing! thanks for hosting 🙂
ZAINAB!!!!!!!!! Apple crisp is seriously my comfort food. In second grade, we all submitted a recipe for a cookbook, and I chose apple crisp. AND I just discovered cardamom in the last year. Where was i?!?!!? I’ve been dying to mix cardamom with fall flavors and you did it!!!! I have to make this up soon!
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It really doesn’t get much better than apple crisp in the fall, and this looks so delicious! I loved the ingredients you chose this month, and it got me to purchase cardamom. I’ve not used it much before at all, and that’s going to change now! 🙂
Thanks for hosting this month, Zainab! You made the absolute perfect fall recipe – this crisp looks delicious! I need to look at that tutorial on Prickly Pear Cactus – I have never used or even tried it before!
Forget dinner…all I can think about is this crisp with a big scoop of ice cream on top! This looks amazing!!!
Zainab!! love this! you are right! Nothing beats a serving of warm apple crisp with toasty crunch toppings and a scoop of vanilla ice cream to top it off!! delicious and what a great way to use cardamom. . love love love!
Love it! this looks so warming and delicious and it just started to be a little chilli (at last 🙂 )
Pinning it, thanks!
Gah! It just doesn’t get more perfect. Nothing beats those soft spiced apples under a buttery streusel. Fabulous dish and thank you so much for hosting this month, Zainab! xo
Heck, I say it’s pretty! Total comfort food.
Love the fresh apples of the season.
Pinned.
Have a beautiful Wednesday!
Apple crisp is def one of my fav desserts, and I think it always looks pretty it it’s rustic, crumbly way!
What great choices for your secret ingredients and everyone did an amazing job.
That matcha swirl cheesecake looks fantastic! How fun would it be to top it with cranberries for a red and green Christmas dessert? Why am I thinking about Christmas already??
I love an honest-to-goodness good crisp! And with a big scoop of vanilla bean ice cream..yumm!
Apple crisp is one of our all time favorite comfort food desserts! That soft baked apples, the crispy crunchy oat topping, that awesome thing called ice cream (!!!) it really can’t be beat. I’m digging the spice combo and that there is a GF option! Thanks for letting me be a part of this, it was a blast. I only wish we could share what we made … I’m dying for a bowl of this!
I think it’s perfect 🙂 Totally makes me just want to dive right in head first! Love classics like these and adding cardamom sounds amazing!
Oh my goodness. I love love love the cardamom going on in this recipe, and those flavors! Ah! Pinned!
Why are you so cool and making all the things that I love?! Cardamom is my favorite and with apples – genius!
If I had to pick a recipe that summed up autumn I think something very similar to this would be it. I just love that you’ve taken a simple classic and added all those wonderful flavours to it (especially the ginger … mmmm)
I agree with you! This is a classic!
Noooom i love crisps! And i love apple + cardamom 😀 wish i had some of this!
I was planning to make a crisp so will totally use your recipe 😀
Delicious and thank you!
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Thanks Uru!
I’ve been using cardamom more lately and I really love the flavor it adds to fall recipes!
Cardamom is one of those things I don’t use nearly as much as I would like. This crisp looks delightful!!
I love this combination of flavors too! There’s a recipe for Skillet Apple Crisp with Vanilla, Cardamom, and Pistachios in one of my Cook’s Illustrated magazines, and I’ve made it three times already – so good!!! Especially when I freshly grind the cardamom – I had a little bit leftover last time and just used that, and I wish that I’d ground it that day instead 🙂 Anyway, great idea for a crisp and yours sounds great too with the fresh ginger!
I loved the idea of this but the ratios were all off for the topping. Next time I’d probably do half the sugar and double the oats. I also added fresh cranberries and will definitely do that again!
Hi Amy! Glad to hear you loved the recipe and will make it again with some adjustments. I absolutely encourage my readers to tweak things to their tastes.
This is the best Apple Crisp! The flavors are out of this world! YUM! Sharing with friends and family.
Yay! Glad you love it!
The instruction part of the recipe made no mention of adding the ginger. My fresh grated ginger sat lonely in its ramekin. I hope it tastes almost as good. Please update your directions. Next time I I hope to make it with the ginger.
Hello BettySue, sorry for the typo. The ginger goes in with the filling. I hope you liked it.