Easy Gluten Free Apple Crisp Recipe

Low Fat, Naturally Sweet, Dairy Free Apple Dessert Recipe

Gluten Free Apple Crisp: One of our favorite apple desserts, low fat, with oatmeal, a handful of raisins in the apples, walnuts & a bit of agave (or other liquid sweetener) in the topping.

For an extra-special treat, this dairy-free dessert is delicious with coconut ice cream, or coconut whipped cream dessert topping.

Total Prep and Cook Time: 1 hour

Yield: 8 Servings

Nutrition Data, 155g Serving: 227 cal, 9g fat, fat cal 81g, 36g carbs, 77mg sodium, 5g fiber, 3g protein, 16g sugars, low cholesterol, estimated glycemic load 14

Ingredients:

1. 1/3 cup raisins
2. 5 medium sweet apples (gala or golden delicious are good)
3. 1 Tbsp lime juice
4. 1 Tbsp water
5. Optional: 20 drops liquid stevia
6. Crumb topping

Crumb Topping Ingredients:

1. 3/4 c quick oats or certified GF rolled oats
2. 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
3. 1/4 cup brown rice flour
4. 1/4 cup millet flour
5. 2 Tbsp tapioca flour
6. 2 Tbsp almond meal
7. 1/4 tsp salt
8. 1 tsp cinnamon
9. 1/2 tsp nutmeg
10. 1 tsp baking powder
11. Optional: 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
12. 3 Tbsp coconut oil OR sunflower seed oil
13. 2 Tbsp agave syrup OR brown rice syrup OR maple syrup
14. 2 Tbsp water

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. Soak raisins in 1 cup boiling water for 5 minutes. Drain and set aside
3. Combine all dry ingredients for the crumb topping
4. Rub in the oil, liquid sweetener and water until the mixture is crumbly.
5. Peel, core and slice apples thinly into a shallow 2 quart glass baking dish
6. Mix lime juice, water and optional stevia, if using, and sprinkle over apples
7. Scatter the raisins over the apples, and shake dish a bit to mix
8. Loosely cover the apples with the crumb topping – gaps and bumps are OK
9. Cover the dish with aluminum foil or a glass or metal lid, and bake covered for 25 minutes
10. Remove covering and bake uncovered for 15 – 20 minutes, until the topping is browned
11. Replace covering, and cool on a rack for 30 minutes before serving

Cooking and Serving Tips:

Although gluten free by nature, oatmeal may have a small amount of gluten from processing. If your gf tolerance is very low, we recommend using certified gluten free rolled oats, available from Bob’s Red Mill and other sources online or in grocery stores.

All the gluten free flours we used came from Bob’s Red Mill.

Sweet apples and raisins together create plenty of sweetness and the lime juice punches up the flavor.

We recommend liquid stevia for more sweetness if desired. If you want more sweet, but don’t want to use stevia, sprinkle 2 Tbsp raw cane sugar, or liquid sweetener over the apples. You can also use sugar substitute instead of agave nectar in the topping, but then you may need more oil to make the topping crumbly

The topping should resemble granola. If it doesn’t seem crumbly enough, add a little more oil and sweetener until it does, a tsp at a time.

Covering the crisp with foil or a lid for the first part of baking keeps the moisture in so the apples cook soft and moist. Otherwise, in the absence of sugar, they tend to dry out a bit. Also the topping gets browned before the apples are cooked.

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