Gingersnap rum apple crisp is a classic fall dessert with a double helping of comfort. Everyone has their own version, often passed down from a relative or trusted source, and many have a firm hold on tradition for the ingredients. The combination of tart apples, warm spices, sweet crumbly topping, and a boozy kick from rum is what makes this simple dessert so appealing. With just a few tweaks you can customize this cozy, all-American dessert to fit your family or your mood, and you’ll end up with a perfect dish to serve on a special occasion or an impromptu gathering.
Here are our top 7 tried and tested recipes!
GINGERSNAP RUM APPLE CRISP
My mother makes incredible apple crisp, and I've added a few twists of my own. We think it's best warm, with ice cream on the side. -Nancy Heishman, Las Vegas, Nevada
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, mix the first six ingredients. Add apples; toss to coat. In a small saucepan, combine caramels and rum. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until caramels are melted. Pour over apple mixture; toss to coat. Transfer to a greased 8-in. square baking dish., For topping, in a small bowl, mix crushed cookies, brown sugar and flour; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over filling. Bake 35-40 minutes or until apples are tender. Cover loosely with foil if top browns too quickly. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 430 calories, Fat 14g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 31mg cholesterol, Sodium 483mg sodium, Carbohydrate 76g carbohydrate (56g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
GINGERSNAP APPLE CRISP WITH CREAM CHEESE AND WALNUTS
Crisps are far easier to make than pies, but just as flavorful. Macerating the apples in sugar overnight helps them keep some of their crispness in the oven and concentrates their flavor. Toasted walnuts and gooey cream cheese add an element of surprise, and an easy crust made from fall's favorite cookie will make your guests wonder why they ever bothered with pie at all.
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 9h
Yield 12 to 16 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- For the crisp: Peel and core the apples. Roughly chop into 1-inch chunks and toss with the sugar in a large bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 8 hours or up to overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 13-by-9-inch or 2-quart baking dish.
- Drain the apples from their liquid and return the apples to the bowl. Add the cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cloves and ginger and toss well. Using a rubber spatula, mix in the walnuts, maple syrup and half the cream cheese. Spread evenly in the prepared baking dish, then dot the mixture with the remaining cream cheese.
- For the topping: Mix together the crushed gingersnaps, oats, sugar and melted butter. Spread the topping evenly across the crisp and bake until bubbly, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature with ice cream.
APPLE GINGERSNAP CRUMBLE
Easier and homier than an apple pie, this gently spiced crumble feeds a crowd. If you don't want to make the bourbon cream, serve this with ice cream instead: Vanilla is classic, but ginger, green tea or salted caramel would also be terrific.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories dessert
Time 1h
Yield 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Make the filling: Heat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, stir together brown and granulated sugars, cornstarch, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Stir in apples and cranberries, sprinkle with lemon juice, and toss until combined. Taste mixture: An apple slice should be slightly sweeter than you'd like; the cranberries will seem like they need a little extra sugar. Add more sugar or lemon juice if needed.
- Scrape apple mixture into a 9-by-13-inch baking dish or a shallow gratin dish, mounding them slightly in the center. (This will even out as it bakes.) Dot top with cold butter cubes. Place baking dish on a baking sheet to catch any bubbling juices that may spill over.
- Bake for 25 minutes, stirring once halfway through, while you make the topping.
- Make the topping: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, salt and lemon zest. Add butter and molasses, and use your fingers to crumble the mixture together to form 1/2-inch crumbles.
- After 25 minutes of baking, stir the apples and mound slightly again. Gently press down on them with a spoon or spatula. Scatter crumbles evenly on top of apples.
- Bake until topping is crisp and filling bubbles up around the sides of the dish, an additional 30 to 35 minutes. If the top starts to look too dark before the juices are bubbling, loosely cover top of crumble with foil. Transfer to a rack and let cool for at least 30 minutes before serving. If you made it ahead of time, you can also reheat the crumble at 400 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Within an hour of serving, make the bourbon cream. Using an electric mixer or a whisk, beat together cream, confectioners' sugar and bourbon until soft peaks form. Chill if not serving immediately. Serve with apple crumble.
INCREDIBLY CRISP GINGERSNAPS
In 1998, I was invited by Pat Adrian, director of the Good Cook division of the Book of the Month Club, to judge the group's annual office baking contest. There were luscious cakes, pies and cookies of all types, but these gingersnaps were the hands-down winners. Julie Ellis-Clayton, the winner of the contest, was kind enough to share her recipe with me.
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 55m
Yield about 40 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices in a bowl; stir well to mix. In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together on medium speed the butter and sugar for about 5 minutes until very light, fluffy and whitened. Add the egg and continue beating until smooth. Lower speed and beat in half the dry ingredients, then the molasses. Stop the mixer and scrape down bowl and beater. Beat in the remaining dry ingredients. Remove bowl from mixer and use a large rubber spatula to finish mixing the dough. Use a small ice cream scoop to scoop out 1-inch diameter pieces of dough. Roll into balls between the palms of your the hands, then roll in the sugar. Place the balls of dough on the prepared pans leaving about 3 inches all around each, to allow for spreading. Bake the cookies for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until they have spread, the surface has crackled, and they are firm to the touch. Slide the papers from the pans to racks. Store the cooled cookies between sheets of parchment or waxed paper in a tin or platic container witha tight-fitting cover.
CRISPY GINGERSNAPS
A thin, spicy gingersnap cookie.
Provided by Larry Goldsmith
Categories Desserts Cookies Spice Cookie Recipes
Time 22m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
- In a large bowl, cream the shortening and sugar. Add the egg and beat until light and fluffy, then stir in the molasses. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon. Add to the egg mixture and stir until well blended. Roll bits of dough into 1 inch balls. Dip each ball in sugar and place on cookie sheet, sugared side up about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until cookies have spread and tops have cracked. Let cool on wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 93.8 calories, Carbohydrate 12.7 g, Cholesterol 5.2 mg, Fat 4.5 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 105.2 mg, Sugar 6.9 g
BUTTERED RUM APPLE CRISP
This is a rich dessert that works well for company since you can make it ahead and warm up before serving. Rum and raisins add a spectacular twist to old fashioned apple crisp.
Provided by Helen S1951
Categories Dessert
Time 1h15m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Lightly butter a 9x15-inch baking pan.
- Cut the chilled butter into the oatmeal, sugar, salt, and flour, with a pastry blender or blend in food processor until it is like coarse crumbs; set aside.
- Toss butter with apples, raisins soaked in rum, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Transfer apple mixture to a greased (with butter) baking dish and top with walnut s and flour topping; Sprinkle more walnuts on top.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until crisp.
- Serve hot or warm with ice cream or whipped cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 355.8, Fat 15.6, SaturatedFat 8.6, Cholesterol 34.6, Sodium 68.5, Carbohydrate 51.1, Fiber 3.7, Sugar 32.6, Protein 3.2
APPLE-GINGERSNAP CRISP
From Vegetarian Times. "This warm apple dessert is so good--and comes together so fast--you'll want to make it all fall."
Provided by Engrossed
Categories Dessert
Time 25m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute fresh apple slices 5 minutes, or until tender.
- Stir in juice, sugar, fresh ginger and cinnamon. Cook 5 minutes, or until liquid is syrupy.
- Add dried apple slices and candied ginger. Reduce heat to medium, and cook 3 minutes more, or until heated through.
- Sprinkle bottom of a 2-qt. bowl with 1/2 cup crushed gingersnaps.
- Stir remaining gingersnap crumbs into the apple mixture.
- Layer apple mixture and yogurt in bowl.
- Garnish with whole gingersnaps, if desired.
Tips:
- Use a variety of apples. This will give your crisp a more complex flavor and texture. Some good options include Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, and Braeburn apples.
- Peel and slice the apples thinly. This will help them cook evenly.
- Add a little spice. A teaspoon of ground cinnamon or nutmeg will give your crisp a warm, autumnal flavor.
- Don't overmix the topping. Just mix it until it is crumbly.
- Bake the crisp until the topping is golden brown and the apples are bubbling. This will usually take about 45 minutes.
- Serve the crisp warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
Conclusion:
Apple crisp is a classic fall dessert that is easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser. With its sweet and tart apples, crunchy topping, and warm spices, it's the perfect way to end a meal or enjoy a special occasion. So next time you're looking for a delicious and comforting dessert, give this gingersnap rum apple crisp a try.
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