No Oats Gluten Free Apple Crisp

Apple crisp is a seasonal family favourite dessert that's vegan friendly and grain free

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 457kcal

Author Charla

6 apples gala, pink lady, granny smith etc...
½ teaspoon of cinnamon
1 tablespoon of dairy free butter
3 tablespoon of coconut sugar Use erythritol, stevia or sucralose for a low carb option
1 tablespoon of water

Preheat the oven to 180c/ 356f/gas mark 4.
Now peel, core and chop the apples. After peeling let the apples sit in a bowl of water with a 1 teaspoon of Himalayan pink salt in a bowl of water. This method will prevent the apples from browning quickly.
Once the apples have been peeled, rinse the apples and discard the salt water
On medium heat, melt the butter in a medium sized saucepan, then stir in the coconut sugar and cinnamon and finally pour the apples into the saucepan along with the water
Reduce the heat and gently simmer the apples for 10 minutes, stirring thoroughout so nothing sticks to the bottom.
Once cooked down drain off any excess liquid in a colander
Toss the apples into a heat proof pyrex or pie dish
Prepare the topping by adding all of the listed ingredients into a medium sized bowl
Use the pads of your finger tips to rub the cold butter in with the sugar, spices and ground almonds until a crumbly texture has been achieved. add up to ½ cup of ground almonds, if the crumble is too sticky.
Sprinkle the crumble mixture evenly all over the stewed apples
Baking in the oven for about 10 minutes or until slightly golden brown

Any leftover needs to be tightly wrapped with cling film or saran wrap and stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Re-heat any leftover crisp if you don't care to eat it cold.
Any apples are suitable to use for this dessert (I used gala apples)
I DON'T recommend freezing this dessert as the apples become too mushy and don't hold up during re-heating
The overall sweetness is subtle if you want a super sweet apple crisp then use more sweetener. It's always best to do a taste test of the topping as you go along and adjust if needed
Use erythritol, monkfruit , stevia or sucralose for a low carb sweetener option
Sit the chopped apples in salt water as you work your way through peeling and chopping each apple
Use an ovenproof pyrex dish - mine is 8 x 6 inches
Make sure the butter is COLD in order to make the crumble
Drain off any excess liquid so there isn't a layer of liquid/apples sitting in the pie dish