Apple Ginger Crisp
with Cinnamon Pecan Crumble | 4 Servings
- Wheat
- Tree Nuts
- Milk
There are few things more delicious than a fruit crisp, but this one happens to be extra special. Lightly sweetened apples are mixed with fresh ginger and lemon, then topped with a buttery, cinnamon-scented pecan crust. Once baked, the fruit filling turns warm and bubbly while the crumbly topping gets golden and toasty. The best part, though? This foolproof dessert is as easy to make as it is to devour (that is to say, absolutely effortless).
Ingredients
4 unit
Apples
1 cup
Flour
(Contains: Wheat)
1 unit
Lemon
1 thumb
Ginger
1 ounce
Pecans
(Contains: Tree Nuts)
1 teaspoon
Cinnamon
Not included in your delivery
Salt
¾ cup
Sugar
7 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Cooking Steps
Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 375 degrees. Wash and dry produce.
Dice 6 TBSP butter into ½-inch pieces, then place in refrigerator to keep cold. Peel, core, and dice apples into ½-inch pieces. In a medium bowl, toss apples with ¼ cup sugar and 1 TBSP flour.
Zest lemon until you have 1 tsp; halve lemon. Peel and grate ginger until you have ½ TBSP. Add grated ginger, lemon zest, and 1 TBSP lemon juice to bowl with apples. Toss to combine. Grease an 8-by-8-inch baking dish with 1 TBSP butter, then pour in apple filling. Wipe out bowl.
In bowl used for filling, combine pecans, ¾ cup flour, ½ cup sugar, ½ tsp cinnamon (be sure to measure; we sent more) and a pinch of salt. Add diced butter; using your hands, combine butter with flour mixture until it reaches a sandy, crumbly texture and sticks together when squeezed. Stir in 1-2 tsp water to moisten.
Evenly sprinkle flour topping over apple mixture (do not press into apples). Bake until topping is golden brown and apples are tender, about 45 minutes. TIP: If topping browns too quickly, loosely tent baking dish with foil.
Let crisp cool slightly before serving (or before covering and refrigerating for serving later). We highly recommend serving with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream!
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Sep 2026- Flavor: The ginger and lemon zest are the real stars here, giving this crisp a unique, lively twist on the classic 🍎. Some found it too sweet; reduce the sugar or swap in Granny Smith apples for a more balanced flavor.
- Ease of prep: Most found it straightforward and even foolproof, though the 45-minute bake time surprised a few expecting a quicker dessert.
- Suggestions: Double the cinnamon for a warmer spice note, and skip the 1–2 teaspoons of water in the topping — several bakers found it made the crumble more cake-like than crispy. A few also liked adding oats to the topping for extra crunch.
- Leftovers: Leftovers kept well and were enjoyed for breakfast or brunch the next day — especially good cold straight from the fridge.
- Serving: Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream is practically a must; reviewers agreed it takes the dessert to another level 🎉.
Reviews from our home cooks
Loved the flavor combination of ginger and apple. The crumb topping was great with pecans. My kit did not have flour in it, though. I was able to use what I had on the house.
This was a tasty dessert but there was not enough ginger to really taste it. I think it would have been better to crumble the flour and butter and then add the pecans. I am not sure why you thought of putting the pecans in first - the nuts were hard when trying to mix the flour and butter.
Oh my goodness, this is the best apple crisp ever! Beware, it is 5-star sweet, I'll reduce sugar next time as 'sweet' overshadowed great apple flavor. *I doubled the recipe for Thanksgiving, which is an unspoken "Food Olympics!" Apple crisp was a favorite! Just follow the directions!
WOW!!! So delicious! But I guess that's what a stick of butter and bunch of sugar will do! The ginger was on pointe and I'm so glad you had no oats in this crumble!
Really good! I made it GF with GF all purpose flour, and it worked just fine. The pecans and the ginger and lemon zest really were a lovely touch.
I've never used fresh ginger in apple crisp before and it was delicious! Even though I can bake, I will still get this again for convenience. It was delicious!!!
Added oatmeal to crumble topping, and extra cinnamon and pecans from pantry. Will add blueberries as well next time
So good. I'm not a ginger person, so I added less and added more lemon zest and juice. I loved it. Added a scoop of ice cream to my first helping. Amazing. I definitely have to save this recipe to make again and again.
Easy to make, always a plus. I left peel on Apple, which worked out nice. Lemon peel a bit bitter, may leave that out another time.
Way too sweet, will try again with another variation of apple, change of spice (will try Chinese 5 spice), boost the ginger and cut the sugar amount. More acid would help. Just really too sweet.
