Baked Apple Crisp

My usual go-to snack before bedtime is dried fruit or sweet potato chips. It's easy and keeps me from doing any work in the kitchen when I'm wanting to relax. But there are some nights when a quick fix just won't do. I want something fresh, homemade, and straight out of the oven to eat under a blanket with a good movie. If there are apples in my fridge when this need-for-comfort-food strikes, I whip up my favorite Apple Crisp and eat more than my fair share. 

I've made it dozens of times and it always does the trick. It's a pretty simple dish to make, just expect a waiting time while it's in the oven baking itself to sheer perfection. It works really well with Vanilla Island Coconut Bliss Ice Cream if you want an extra dose of dairy-free sweetness. Most of the time, I eat it by itself because it truly is wonderful on its own, and because I usually don't have any ice cream on hand.

Baked Apple Crisp (Dairy-Free, Grain-Free, Egg-Free)

Filling

7 apples, peeled, cored, sliced into thin pieces

1/4 cup orange juice (juice of 2-3 oranges)

2 tbs. raw honey (melted to liquid)

1 tbs. pure maple syrup

2 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

In a large bowl, mix together apples, orange juice, honey, maple syrup, cinnamon and nutmeg. Pour into a pie dish and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Remove from the oven to sprinkle crumble on top.

Crumble Topping

1 cup almond flour/meal

2 tbs. finely ground pecans

4 tbs. raw honey (melted to liquid)

2 tbs. coconut oil or spread (softened)

Mix together almond flour, pecans, honey and coconut oil in a small bowl until well combined. Take small portions of it into your hands and sprinkle chunks of it onto the apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. 

 

Comments

[Dawn Whittington]

Sounds absolutely delicious!

[Tom]

I miss the yoga star! Still talk about you when people try to say they are good at yoga.

[Pure and Simple]

Dawn, It is in my top five favorite desserts. Tom, I miss your smile. Hope to see you on the mat again someday.

[Jason]

Your recipes have a striking resemblance to one of your Yoga classes... loaded with creativity and tasty flavor that keep us coming back for more! This sounds delicious Amy Jo! Time to rent a movie and have more than my fair share please;.)

[Pure and Simple]

Thanks, Jason. Let me know which movie you combine with the crisp. That will be the dish I bring to the game night still waiting to happen.

[YL]

This looks really delicious. Is it possible to sub out the orange juice for anything else?

[Pure and Simple]

YL, apple juice would work just as well as a fruit sweetener replacement. You could also sub out the orange juice for 3 tbs. lemon juice and 3 additional tbs. raw honey. Let me know if those substitutions work for you.

[Denise]

What a great idea to use orange juice in this. I'm going for it. If my "kid' likes it we'll share it on our blog and fb page. Don't worry, you'll get all the credit. http://www.glutenfreemiracles.com

[Pure and Simple]

Denise, I'd love to hear how your young one likes it!