Apple Crisp with Apple Pie Filling
This easy apple crisp with apple pie filling skips the peeling and slicing! A caramel oatmeal streusel topping makes it extra delicious ā ready in under an hour.
Apple desserts are super popular this time of year and a good crisp recipe is one of my favorite recipes. So, I decided to mix a few ideas together for a super easy caramel apple crisp with pie filling and brown sugar oatmeal topping.
Rather than peeling and slicing fresh apples, this recipe combines the quick convenience of apple pie filling, along with a variation of my Mom’s famous crisp topping. Add in some caramel ice cream topping with cinnamon, and you have a great recipe in less time!
Ingredients You’ll Need for this Dessert Recipe:
Refer to the printable recipe card below for exact measurements.
- Apple pie filling
- Cinnamon
- Caramel sauce (like ice cream topping)
- All-purpose flour
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Butter
- Old fashioned or large flake oats
- Chopped pecans (optional)
Quick & Easy Caramel Apple Crisp Recipe with Pie Filling and Oatmeal
Combine the quick convenience of apple pie filling, along with along with an old fashioned homemade crisp topping recipe, and you'll have the perfect tasty Fall dessert in less time!
Ingredients
- 2 cans apple pie filling
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup caramel sauce (like ice cream topping) **Note, if you would like a less sweet dessert, cut back or eliminate the caramel topping.
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup old fashioned or large flake oats
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans, optional
Instructions
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together the pie filling, caramel topping and cinnamon in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking pan.
Step 2: Prepare the streusel crisp topping by mixing together the flour, sugars, and oats in a mixing bowl. Cut in cubes of cold butter with a pastry cutter or two knives. Sprinkle the crisp streusel topping over the filling mixture in the 9Ć13 inch pan. Sprinkle with chopped pecans (optional).
Step 3: Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes or until the filling is bubbly around the edges and the oatmeal topping is golden brown.
Step by Step instructions for Apple Crisp with pie filling – with pictures.
1.Stir together the apple pie filling and cinnamon. 
2.Spread the apple pie filling evenly in a 9×13 inch pan. 
3.Combine topping ingredients with a pastry blender.
4.Combine oat topping until it resembles course oatmeal. 
5.Sprinkle the topping & nuts over the apple pie filling. 
6.Bake until bubbly around the edges and golden brown on top.
How do I serve apple crisp?
We find that the best apple crisp is served slightly warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
A drizzle of caramel topping makes a perfect finishing touch for this melt in your mouth apple dessert!
Variations of this fruit crisp recipe
You can use this idea of combining pie filling with crisp topping with any fruit pie filling. I think cherry would be amazing, too!
Another great recipe that uses pie filling is the super quick cherry dump cake – but you can use any pie filling you’d like!
For more apple recipes for Fall…
Be sure to go check out the yummy old fashioned apple crisp recipe Shirley is cooking up today, too! She and I are having a hoot doing a 7 day series on Fall ideas. Be sure to come back tomorrow to see what’s next!
And, if your backyard apple trees are loaded with fruit that needs to be processed (been there, done that!), I just love this homemade apple juice recipe. It’s also another quick and easy one that makes yummy, clear apple juice!
Other Crisp Recipes:
- Peach Crisp with fresh peaches is amazing.
- This old fashioned rhubarb crisp is a classic recipe.
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This caramel apple crisp recipe looks so delicious and super easy to make! I love how you used pie filling to save time. Canāt wait to try it out this weekend! Thanks for sharing!
This caramel apple crisp recipe looks delicious and super easy to make! I love the idea of using pie filling for a quicker prep time. Canāt wait to try it out this weekend! šš
Thanks for the yummy idea ā TOTALLY making this for dessert tonight! ššš„§
This caramel apple crisp looks delicious! I’m making it for our kids this weekend, since it’s going to be a perfectly chilly fall day! We just went apple picking, so we have everything we need to make these. Thanks for sharing. š
Caramel apple crisp is one of my top 3 desserts ever! Every fall I start to crave it!