Instant Pot Apple Crisp

There is a basic recipe we love when we make homemade apple crisp. Depending on how soft or firm you want your apples you can just use our recipe and adjust the time according to your preference.

I have found after making this 4 different times to get the recipe just right in my pressure cooker that the type of apples you buy makes a BIG difference in how long they need to cook. The first time it was far too soft but found that it made out to be some amazing pressure cooker applesauce

Instant Pot Apple Crisp
This Instant Pot apple crisp recipe is amazing! Tastes like copycat Cracker Barrel baked apples we love but made in less than 20 minutes total. Warm cinnamon apples coated with a ooey gooey brown sugar glaze your family will go crazy over for sure. Try this homemade pressure cooker fruit dessert this week!

 Course Breakfast, Dessert, Side Dish
 Cuisine American
 Keyword apple, dessert, instant pot, pressure cooker
 Prep Time 15 minutes
 Cook Time 1 minute
 Total Time 16 minutes
 Servings 5
 Calories 562kcal

Ingredients

8 apples small green apples are great, cored and peeled, sliced thick or cubed
1 c brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg optional but good if you like that flavor
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 c water
1/2 c old fashioned oats not instant, for topping
1/4 tsp cinnamon for topping
3 tbsp butter melted, for topping
1/4 c flour for topping
1/2 c brown sugar for topping

Instructions

Remove skins (no more than 1/2 or they'll get mushy) from apples, and but them into THICK cubes or thick slices if you'd rather.
Put sliced/cubed apples into your Instant Pot (very thick slices, and large cubes). Then add your 1 tsp. cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg if you would like,  vanilla, 1 c. brown sugar, and water into your pot and stir together.
Put lid on and close steam valve. Set to manual, pressure, high for 1 minute.
While that's cooking mix together your old fashioned oats, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, 3 tbsp melted butter, 1/4 c. flour and 1/2 c brown sugar until combined well.
Do a quick release, then lift lid.
Set your Instant Pot to saute and sprinkle your crumble mixture into your pot, gently push down into liquid allowing it to bubble and thicken with the addition of the flour and other ingredients (about 1 min).
Stir very gently maybe 2 times during the 1-2 minutes it begins to bubble on saute (more will break up apples).
After that time turn pot off immediately so apples don't continue to cook. Ideally transfer to another dish and serve immediately for best pressure cooker baked apples ever.

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