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Preheat oven to 350u00b0F. Generously grease an 8x8-inch baking pan with nonstick baking spray or butter.
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To make the filling, place apples, maple syrup, cinnamon and vanilla in a large bowl and stir to combine.
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For the topping, place flour, brown sugar, pecans, oats and cinnamon in a large bowl and whisk to combine. Work butter into the mixture with a pastry blender or with your fingertips until mixture resembles a coarse meal.
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Take 1 cup of the topping and toss it in with the apple mixture. Spread the rest of the topping evenly over the apples (you might have some left over).
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Bake the crisp on a baking sheet for 50-60 minutes, or until topping is crunchy and golden brown and the filling is bubbling. Remove from oven and cool slightly on a wire rack. Serve warm with some vanilla ice cream.
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Recipe adapted from Ambitious Kitchen.
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Notes:
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1. In this recipe I used honeycrisp apples, but other great baking apples include empire, gala, braeburn, granny smith, pink lady, cortland, or fuji.
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2. This recipe makes a lot of crumble topping. If you'd like a regular amount of topping, the recipe can easily be halved. Just make the topping and mix in 1/2 cup of it with the apples instead of a full cup.
