Apple and pumpkin crisp on a maple cookie crust, all topped with a crunchy oat and pecan crumb topping. Serve with a small scoop of vanilla froyo or ice cream and you’ll never be happier!
Servings 8Servings
Prep Time 30 minutesmins
Cook Time 30 minutesmins
Ingredients
Maple Cookie Crust
1box Maple Leaf Cookies (you’ll need about 10 and you can enjoy the remaining 3 or 4 cookies for a snack!)(processed into fine crumbs)
4tbsp.butter, melted
Crumb Topping
1/2cupall-purpose flour
1/2cuplight brown sugar
1/2cupgranulated sugar
1/2tsp. cinnamon
1/4tsp. cardamom
1/2tsp. pumpkin pie spice
4tbsp.butter (cut into very small pieces and chilled)(equivalent to 1/4 cup, or 2 oz.)
1/4cuppecans (coarsely chopped and toasted)
1/4cupold-fashioned oats
Apple & Pumpkin Filling
3largeHoneycrisp apples (peeled, cored and coarsely chopped or sliced into 1/2-inch wedges)
1/2cuppumpkin puree
1/2cuplight brown sugar
3tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1tsp. cardamom
1tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2tsp. salt
1tsp. fresh lemon juice
Instructions
Spray or grease a 9-inch square or round baking dish with sides at least 2 inches high. Preheat oven to 350 F.
Maple Cookie Crust
Place 10 or so of the cookies (the whole cookie including the cream filling) in the bowl of your food processor and process to fine crumbs. Turn the cookie crumbs into a bowl and stir in the melted butter.
Pat the mixture into the bottom of your prepared baking dish. Bake the crust for about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.
Crumb Topping
Meanwhile prepare the crumb topping by whisking the flour, sugar, and spices in a medium bowl until blended. Using a pastry cutter or your fingertips, cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the butter is about the size of small peas. Stir in the oats and pecans. Set aside.
Apple & Pumpkin Filling
In a large bowl, mix the flour, salt, sugar, and spices to blend. Stir in the pumpkin puree and mix well. Gently toss the apples into this mixture to coat the apples with the pumpkin mixture. Stir in lemon juice. Pour the apple-pumpkin mixture into the pan on top of the baked cookie crust.
Distribute the crumb topping evenly over the top of the fruit filling. Bake for about 35 minutes, or until the topping is slightly browned and the filling is bubbly. Remove from oven.
You can serve this dessert hot from the oven, but I usually let it sit for at least 25 minutes to let it set up before serving it with a scoop of your favorite vanilla ice cream. Sprinkle the ice cream scoop with a dusting of pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon.
Notes
INFO BOXThe Maple Leaf Cookies are available year-round at Trader Joe’s for $3.99 per box.
Course: Dessert
Keyword: apple crisp, apple desserts, pumpkin desserts