This Healthy Apple Crisp is an easy, gluten free dessert made in one bowl. It’s baked to perfection with a crunchy topping made of oats, almond flour, cinnamon, butter, and maple syrup. Eat it after dinner then save the leftovers for breakfast!
Once fall comes around and the apples start rolling in, it’s definitely time for apple crisp. While I love most desserts, crisps and crumbles tend to be my favorites. Especially if there’s a scoop of ice cream on top.
When recipe testing this apple crisp I tried different methods and kept getting results that just weren’t what I wanted. Finally I figured it out (pre-baking the apples is key!) and now I present the result to you.
What Makes This Healthy Apple Crisp So Great
- You only need one bowl to make this apple crisp!
- The crunch baked topping includes almond flour for a little extra protein and fiber.
- This healthy apple crisp is both naturally sweetened with maple syrup and gluten free!
- You don’t need to peel the apples for this recipe – it cooks up great with the peels still on!
Do You Cover Apple Crisp While Baking?
For this recipe, yes, you’ll want to cover the apples while you’re pre-baking them. But after you put the topping on you don’t want to cover it as it will prevent the topping from getting brown and crunchy.
Do You Need To Refrigerate Apple Crisp?
Since it has butter in it, yes, you want to refrigerate it after it’s cooled from baking.
How Do You Reheat Apple Crisp?
While you can definitely reheat it in the microwave, the topping won’t be crunchy. If you want a crunchy topping you’ll need to reheat it in the oven. Turn the oven to 350 degrees F and once it comes to temperature, put the apple crisp dish in and heat from roughly 10 minutes, until it’s warmed to your liking.
Now onto the recipe!
How To Make Healthy Apple Crisp
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut the apples into thin slices using a large sharp knife and cutting board. One way to do this is to cut the apple in half, then in quarter. Take one quarter and put it on its long side, the carefully cut the core part out with the knife by making a straight cut down (as pictured).
Next slice the apple into thin slices – no more than 1/8 of an inch thick – and put them in a large bowl.
Once all the apples are sliced, measure out the remaining filling ingredients with measuring spoons and cups and put them in the bowl with the apple slices.
Mix everything together with a large spoon and pour into an 8×8 baking dish, spreading the apples out evenly.
Cover the dish with foil and place in the oven to cook for 20 minutes.
While the apples are cooking, rinse or wipe out the large bowl and measure out then add in the topping ingredients to the bowl. Mix everything together with a spoon and set aside until the apples cook.
When the apples have cooked for 20 minutes, take out the dish and mix the apples up with a spoon. This will prevent apples at the top of the dish from drying out.
Spoon the topping over the apples, covering them as best you can but not pressing the topping down.
Return the dish to the oven and cook for 40 minutes, turning the dish around 180 degrees after 20 minutes to prevent uneven browning.
Remove the dish and let cool for 5-10 minutes, then serve!
Cooking Tips
- Try and slice the apples so they’re roughly the same size. They will cook up more evenly this way.
- When you put the apples into the baking dish, there will be liquid at the bottom of the bowl. Arrange your apples first, then pour the remaining liquid over the top of the apples. This will help them cook.
- Don’t just put the topping on the apples before pre-cooking them. You need to mix them up so the top apple slices don’t dry out.
Recipe Variations
- Replace about half the apples with pears to get lots of fall fruit flavor!
- Add roughly 1/4 cup of chopped nuts to the topping for some crunch! Pecans or almonds would work well.
- If you like a little zip to your desserts, add in about 1/4 tsp ground ginger to the apple mixture before baking.
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR MORE HEALTHY DESSERT RECIPES, CHECK THESE OUT!
- Yogurt Dessert Bowl
- PB&J Chocolate Covered Frozen Banana Pop
- Raspberry Peach Nice Cream
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Recipe for Healthy Apple Crisp (Gluten Free)
Pear Crisp (Gluten Free)
Ingredients
Filling
- 1.5 lbs pears about 3 medium to large pears
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 tbsp lemon juice juice from half a large lemon
- 1 tsp arrowroot powder
Topping
- 1.5 cup oats
- 1/3 cup fine almond flour
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cut the pears into thin slices using a large sharp knife and cutting board. One way to do this is to cut the pear in half, then in quarters. Remove the pitted center of each quarter with the knife then cut each in half width-wise, so there are two chunky pieces.
- Next slice the pear into thin slices - no more than 1/8 of an inch thick - and put them in a large bowl.
- Once all the pears are sliced, measure out the remaining filling ingredients with measuring spoons and cups and put them in the bowl with the pear slices. Mix everything together with a large spoon and pour into an 8x8 baking dish, spreading the pears out evenly.
- Cover the dish with foil and place in the oven to cook for 15 minutes.
- While the pears are cooking, rinse or wipe out the large bowl and measure out then add in the topping ingredients to the bowl. Mix everything together with a spoon and set aside until the pears finish cooking.
- When the pears have cooked for 15 minutes, take out the dish, remove the foil (you can toss the foil) and mix the pears up with a spoon. This will prevent pears at the top of the dish from drying out.
- Spoon the topping over the pears, covering them as best you can but not pressing the topping down. Return the dish to the oven, uncovered, and cook for 40 minutes, turning the dish around 180 degrees after 20 minutes to prevent uneven browning.
- Remove the dish and let cool for 5-10 minutes, then serve!
Notes
- Try and slice the pears so they're roughly the same size. They will cook up more evenly this way.
- When you put the pears into the baking dish, there will be liquid at the bottom of the bowl. Arrange your pears first, then pour the remaining liquid over the top of the pears. This will help them cook.
- Don't just put the topping on the pears before pre-cooking them. You need to mix them up so the top pear slices don't dry out.
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