Skillet Apple Crisp with Vanilla, Cardamom, and Pistachios

Name: Skillet Apple Crisp with Vanilla, Cardamom, and Pistachios
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 3/4 cup (3 3/4 ounces), unbleached all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup, pistachios, chopped fine; 1/4 cup, walnuts, chopped fine; 3/4 cup, old-fashioned rolled oats (see note); 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces), packed light brown sugar; 1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounces), granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 8 tablespoons (1 stick), unsalted butter, melted; 3 pounds, Golden Delicious apples (about 7 medium), peeled, cored, halved, and cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges (see note); 1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounces), granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cardamom; , seeds from 1 vanilla bean; 1 cup, apple cider; 2 teaspoons, juice from 1 lemon; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2010

Desserts or Baked Goods

Fruit

Fruit Desserts

Apple crisp invites a devil-may-care attitude: Slice up any old fruit, sprinkle on a topping, and bake. Perhaps that’s why it’s never on anyone’s A-list.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME1½ hours

Skillet Apple Crisp with Vanilla, Cardamom, and Pistachios

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Golden Delicious apples won our baking tests because of their ability to maintain their texture and shape. Moving our apple crisp recipe to the stovetop allowed us to stir the apples periodically so they would cook evenly. Plus, the stoveto...

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