When your husband says its the best dessert you've ever made, you take it for what its worth. When he eats the entire crisp in one sitting and demands you make it for Thanksgiving and Christmas, you start to believe he really likes it. Like, a lot. I'm not a huge baker, but I love when I find easy, simple recipes that are instant crowd pleasers. And with MM around, I typically aim for recipes that call for ingredients I have on hand.

So with piles and piles of apples lying around after our recent excursion to the farm, I decided to throw together the easiest apple-filled dessert I could find. This Apple Crisp With Oats required only a few standard ingredients and a few fresh Macoun apples straight from orchard. And after just a short thirty-five minutes in the oven, it was ready to be devoured. Add a little ice cream, and a caramel drizzle and you've got a simple dessert that's sweet enough for the holidays.

Apple crisp with oats

Ingredients

Crumble

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup oats {I used Quaker 1 minute quick oats}

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

heavy dash of salt

1/3 cup butter

Filling

3 large Macoun apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced

3 Tbsp melted butter

2 Tbsp flour

3 Tbsp milk

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

heavy dash of salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degree F

Topping

1. In a medium bowl combine flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and butter. Combine with fork until becomes crumb-like. Set aside in the refrigerator while you make the filling.