Gingerbread Apple Crisp Without Oats
This simple, rustic Gingerbread Apple Crisp Without Oats is full of warming spices. The traditional oat topping has been replaced with almond flour making it a great gluten-free dessert that’s perfect for autumn/fall.
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Servings: 6 people
Calories: 384kcal
Equipment
- 1 9-inch/23cm round pie dish
Ingredients
Filling Ingredients
- 4 medium apples
- ¼ cup water (apple juicer or apple cider are fine too)
- 3 tbsp coconut sugar (or light brown sugar)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp arrowroot
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp allspice
- Pinch of nutmeg
- Pinch of clove (optional)
- Pinch of cardamom (optional)
Topping Ingredients
- ¾ cup almond flour (or a nut meal of your choosing)
- ½ cup flaked almonds
- ¼ cup tapioca flour
- ¼ cup coconut sugar (or light brown sugar - see note 1)
- 2.5 oz butter (70g)
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
Instructions
Make The Filling
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF/180ºC or 320ºF/160ºC fan-forced.
- Peel the apples and slice them very thinly. Add them to a large bowl as you go.
- Pour the lemon juice, maple syrup, water, brown sugar, arrowroot and spices over the apple slices. Toss gently to ensure everything is well combined.
- Transfer the apple mixture into the prepared pie dish and cover it loosely with foil. Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
Make The Topping
- Add the almond flour, tapioca flour, flaked almonds, coconut sugar, spices, and sea salt to a medium-sized bowl. Melt the butter, pour into the bowl and toss everything together with two forks. You want the topping to be just combined, not clumping.
- Take the apples from the oven, and crumble over the topping evenly. Put the same piece of foil back on top then bake for another 15 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for 15 more.
- When the apple crisp is ready the topping should be golden brown and the apple filling bubbling.
- Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, yoghurt or coconut yoghurt or a drizzle of custard.
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Notes
Note 1: This crisp recipe is easily tailored to suit your level of preferred sweetness. The recipe has a moderate amount of sweetness as-is, to reduce that you can leave the sugar and maple syrup out of the apple mix entirely. Or to add to it, simply add more to suit your tastes.
And if you don't want that extra crunch and you're after more of a streusel topping for the dish just leave the flaked almonds out.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.75cup | Calories: 384kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 119mg | Potassium: 235mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 421IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 1mg
