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Skinny Apple Crisp

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This Skinny Apple Crisp is unbeatable, not to mention gluten, dairy and refined sugar-free! Tart, crispy apples topped with a sweet cinnamon oat streusel; this healthier version will satisfy your sweet tooth without leaving you in a sugar coma!

  • Author: The Saucy Fig
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Category: Dessert

Ingredients

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Filling

  • 3 lbs. Granny Smith or Fuji apples, 1 inch slices
  • 1/2 cup agave nectar
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch

Streusel Topping

  • 1 and 1/2 cups oat flour*
  • 2 cups old fashioned rolled oats (not quick cooking)*
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/2 cup maple sugar (can also use date sugar or sucanant)
  • 2 sticks Earth Balance, frozen and roughly diced into cubes
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Peel, core and slice apples. Place them in a 9×12 baking dish (or something equivalent, does not need to be the same shape but should be roughly the same size).
  3. Pour the rest of the filling ingredients over the apples, and toss with a large spoon to coat evenly. This can be done in a large mixing bowl if you prefer, I just like to save dishes.
  4. Combine all streusel topping ingredients in a food processor with the s blade, and pulse until crumbly and roughly the size of cherries (some smaller).
  5. Pour evenly over the fruit and bake for approximately 30-45 minutes or until the topping is golden brown and the fruit is bubbling.  Check with a knife or fork to make sure you achieve your desired consistency for the apples (I like mine just a touch crisp, not completely soft).
  6. Cool and serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Notes

*For the oat flour, I like to just blend up some oats really fine in my blender until it becomes flour. Store bought works great too, just make sure it’s Gluten Free if you have a gluten allergy. Same goes for the old fashioned oats.

*If you don’t have a food processor to make the streusel, you can also grate your butter (frozen) using a box grater, right into the topping mixture in a bowl, and then use a pastry cutter (or fork) to combine all of the ingredients. I do this often when I’m feeling lazy and don’t want to get out my food processor and all the parts that go with it and it works great!

Find it online: https://www.thesaucyfig.com/skinny-apple-crisp/