Can You Freeze A Fruit Crisp?

It's not recommended to freeze an already baked (or slow-cooked) fruit crisp as the topping will get mushy.

Can This Dessert Be Made Ahead?

The apple pear crisp is best served warm, directly from the crockpot. If you want to prep ahead, What you could do is prep the fruit and toppings separately, bag them up and freeze them uncooked. That way when you are ready to bake or slow cook the recipe, all you have to do is dump the ingredients into the pot and cook. (If cooking from frozen, don't thaw first, just add 5 to 10 minutes to the cooking time.)

What Are The Baking Instructions?

If you don't want to slow cook this recipe, it can also be baked in the oven. The prep instructions for oven baking are the same but you will bake in an oven-safe dish at 350 F for 40 to 45 minutes.

Slow Cooker Apple Pear Crisp Recipe

Name: Apple Pear Crisp in the Slow Cooker
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: PT-466630H46M50S
Total time: PT-466630H46M50S
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats; 2/3 cup brown sugar; 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp white sugar; 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; pinch of salt; 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, roughly chopped; 1/2 cup cold butter cut into pieces; 3 large apples and 3 large pears peeled cored and thickly sliced (you want about 6 cups,); 1 tbsp cornstarch; 6 tbsp apple juice; optional toppings: vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce

Description

The best way to serve this Slow Cooker Apple Pear Crisp? Warm over vanilla ice cream and topped with caramel sauce. SO good! Everyone will be wanting more!

Ingredients

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Topping:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup + 2 tbsp white sugar
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
pinch of salt
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, roughly chopped
1/2 cup cold butter cut into pieces

Filling

3 large apples and 3 large pears peeled cored and thickly sliced (you want about 6 cups,)
1 tbsp cornstarch
6 tbsp apple juice
optional toppings: vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce

Instructions

In a large bowl, stir the flour, oats, brown sugar, 1/4 cup white sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and nuts together until combined. Add the butter and mix with a pastry blender, fork or hands until pea-sized lumps are formed.
Place the apple and pear slices in the base of the slow cooker and add the apple juice. Stir in cornstarch and apple juice.
Sprinkle flour/topping mixture evenly over fruit.
Cover and cook on low for 4 hours / high for 2 hours. (make sure your slow cooker actually cooks on low- many of the newer ones actually run higher. If your’s cooks hot, you may want to shorten the cooking time.)
Serve warm with a scoop (or 2) of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of caramel sauce.

Notes

Recipe notes:

If you don’t have apple juice, substitute 1 tbsp lemon juice, and the rest water.

Keywords: apple, pear, slow cooker