In this post: Easy Apple Buckle recipe that’s made with your favorite apple variety. Can easily be doubled for a party or family gathering! Apple dessert recipe.
I’m back today with a super easy Apple Buckle recipe. If you’re thinking to yourself, “What the heck is a buckle?” I have the answer. Just think crisp or cobbler. They are all basically the same thing with slight ingredient differences. Buckles usually have an egg in the topping where a crisp does not. Then again…somewhere out there I’m sure there’s a buckle recipe that doesn’t call for an egg in the topping. You just never know.
The variety of apples you use is totally a personal choice. Tart apples are not my favorite so for this recipe I used the variety “Gala.” They baked easily yet were not mushy. There’s nothing worse than a mushy fruit dessert (in my opinion!) Another really good choice would be Honeycrisp. I can eat a Honeycrisp apple every day. They are so good and the perfect balance of tart and sweet. I did not peel my apples either…but that’s a personal choice. If you like peeled apples in your buckle, go for it!
| Servings | 4-6 servings |
- 1 c. Flour
- 1 c. Sugar
- 1 t. Baking Powder
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1/2 t. Cinnamon
- 1/4 t. nutmeg
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 stick butter melted (1/2 cup) if using salted butter you can use 1/4 t. salt
- 6 large apples
Ingredients
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. After washing, slice apples and put into a large casserole (or 2 smaller casseroles.) Sprinkle with sugar. In a large bowl or bowl of a standing mixer put the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Begin mixing and slowly add the beaten egg. Stir until the mixture resembles course sand. Put topping on apples. Pour melted butter over top. Bake for 40 min. Serve warm if desired.
This is the perfect dessert for a family dinner or gathering. With an adjusted baking time, this recipe could easily be doubled to feed a crowd. Of course, if you time it right and serve it warm, adding ice cream would be truly amazing!
All this month I will be sharing my best apple recipes, both new and old. Fall has arrived so it’s time to embrace the season. One of the ways I do that is to start making all my “comfort food” favorites. All will be easy and you know me…I try very hard to avoid odd ingredients. I hope along the way you find something that your family loves.
Fall, the best time for baking, think apples will be on my grocery list this weekend. Made your lemon pound cake with 7Up, it was a big hit. Thank you for sharing you recipe box.
The quantity ofbutter…. one teaspoon?????
Hello! No…it’s one stick of butter. The “t” had jumped from the note about using salted butter. I fixed it so it’s correct now. Thank you!
Am going to make it this weekend!! Will get back to you.
Oh, Ann! That sounds just delicious. My Mom always made something she called blueberry buckle. Love this and am saving the recipe- xo Diana
Wow…looks so wonderful Ann!…I have never made the “buckle” just the crisp…glad I found your recipe!
Hey Ann, I never knew the difference between a crisp and a buckle so thanks for explaining that! Right this moment I am making an apple cake for our church’s bazaar tomorrow. It’s a recipe I’ve never tried but a picture of it was on the cover of a fall baking magazine that I bought. It looked so pretty that I had to try it! Your photos of your buckle look just as tantalizing!
This is my favorite type of recipe … Easy … And delicious. Thanks for sharing the recipe, Ann.
Thank you Ann! I’m having friends for dinner Saturday and have some apples (galas) that we picked so now I know what to make for dessert. Pinning :)
I always wondered what the difference was between an apple buckle and a crisp – and now I know.
It is great that you didn’t peel the apples. Super easy then.
Fondly,
Glenda
MMmm!! Your buckle looks wonderful! I have a fabulous pumpkin buckle recipe that I use every Thanksgiving, I love buckles!
Ann, can you tell me the maker of those blue & white plates? I want those dishes! And the buckle is on my list this weekend!
The dishes are called Liberty Blue. They are Staffordshire Ironstone and considered vintage. I bought my set in bits and pieces over several years on eBay. I love them more today then when I started collecting them!
Buckle, crisp or cobbler, I love them all! My favorite apples are Honeycrisps, also. I don’t know about where you live, but they are so expensive here compared to other apples, but I think they are worth it!