Crisp, is one of the easiest desserts in the whole world! In fact when my kids ask for pie I always try to convince them crisp is better. Don’t get me wrong I can make pie crust, but I really don’t have a lot of time on my hands so…crisp is my go to. The hardest part of this Apple Crisp is prepping the apples, and since that isn’t hard at all that makes this dessert easy as pie…ahem crisp.
I chose to spiralize my apples for this crisp, feel free to use sliced apples if you prefer. The spiralizer is perfect for apples as you don’t even need to core them! Just secure in your spiralizer and crank away. In a recent spiralizer cooking class I taught I really loved this spiralizer by OXO. In a recent spiralizer cooking class this spiralizer secured to the counter top better than its competitors making it easier to use.
Once your apples are prepared and ready to go toss with the balance of apple ingredients and pile in an oiled baking dish. You’ll see I haven’t used any refined sugar in this recipe (and most of my recipes…). Instead we are replacing all sugar with coconut sugar. It has a nice almost molasses flavor and has been shown to not spike your glycemic index the way that refined sugar would.
With your apples all spiralized and ready for fun, mix all crisp ingredients together and top apples with it spreading evenly being sure to fully cover apples. Spiralizing your apples also make this a super fun dessert for kids as it is like eating apple noodles if you don’t trim them. If longer spiralized apples isn’t your jam, no worries go ahead and snip them with a pair of kitchen shears as you finish spiralizing.
When it’s all put together, bake in a preheated oven until apples are tender and bubbly and crisp topping is golden.
Top with my homemade salted vanilla date caramel sauce and whipped cream or coconut cream and enjoy! Dessert is served, guilt free!!
Ingredients
- For the Apple filling~
- 9 medium apples of choice – spiralized on the 2nd largest setting*
- 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
- juice, 1/2 orange
- zest, 1 orange
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- For the crumble~
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup coconut oil (room temp - not melted)
- pinch of salt
- pinch of nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with coconut oil.
- Place spiralized apples in a large bowl and top with cinnamon, nutmeg, coconut sugar, orange juice, zest and vanilla extract.
- Spread out in baking dish.
- Add almond meal, pecans, rolled oats, coconut sugar, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg to bowl and stir.
- Place coconut oil in bowl and using hands mix crumble mixture together until crumbly.
- Sprinkle crumble mixture on top of apples.
- Bake for 40 minutes.
- Serve warm with caramel date syrup and fresh whipped cream or coconut cream.
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