½cupunsalted buttercold, plus a little extra for greasing the pan
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375 ℉.
Use butter to grease a baking dish.
Prepare The Apples
Peel and core the apples. Cut them into thick slices, and place in a large bowl.
6 medium apples
Add the lemon juice, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and flour to the sliced apples and stir to coat.
¼ cup granulated sugar, 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon, 2 tablespoons all purpose flour, 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Pour the apples into your greased dish, layering them as necessary so that they all fit. [Keeping some gaps between the individual slices allows for the topping to seep into the filling while it cooks. This results in 'caramelized wonderfulness.]
Oat Topping
Combine all of the dry topping ingredients together in a bowl.
1 cup steel cut oats, ¾ cup all-purpose flour, ¾ cup brown sugar, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Dice the butter into small cubes and add it to the dry topping mix. Use your fingers to pinch the butter and the dry ingredients together until you have a crumbly texture.
½ cup unsalted butter
Sprinkle the oat topping over the apples.
Bake for roughly 40 to 50 minutes. The apples should be tender and the top should bubbly and caramalized.
RECIPE TIPS
Substitutions
Gluten-free flour: gluten-free flour or almond flour can be used as a substitute for traditional flour in this recipe.
Sugar substitutes: To lower the amount of sugar in this recipe you can use a sugar substitute such as Lankanto or Swerve.