Gluten-Free Apple Crisp (Simple + Scrumptious!)

This gluten-free apple crisp combines soft-baked apples flavored with maple and heat spices and a crumbly oat topping. As an alternative of utilizing all-purpose flour, use a mix of almond meal and oats. Almond meal provides a stunning texture and scrumptious nutty taste. To maintain the recipe gluten free, be sure you’re utilizing licensed GF oats. This can be a fantastic different to my common apple crisp recipe.

This gluten-free apple crisp will take a look at alllll your self management. I initially revealed this recipe again in 2014, and it’s not simply “actually good for a gluten-free recipe.” It’s simply plain REALLY GOOD. Each bit pretty much as good as my basic apple crisp recipe! And dare I say even higher as a result of you may have the fabulous addition of maple syrup. Yum.

(By the way in which, do you know I’ve a bit on my web site devoted to gluten-free recipes? I even have this gluten free desserts web page.)

Right here’s Why You’ll Love This Gluten-Free Apple Crisp:

• Fast & straightforward: No pre-cooking, chilling, or waiting-for-it-to-cool steps
• Fall-favorite flavors of apple, cinnamon, maple, and brown sugar
• Crumbly, buttery oat and almond crisp topping
• Recipe doubles simply for serving a crowd
• Nobody will consider it’s gluten free!

I respect how straightforward it’s to organize fruit crisps. Whereas I like fruit pies with my home made buttery flaky pie crust, they are often relatively time consuming. Apple pie is a eternally favourite dessert, however ready for it to chill will be downright torturous. With this crisp, we will dig proper in whereas it’s nonetheless heat!

Simple Apple Filling

• Apples: See under for the perfect apples to make use of. You want 5 cups of peeled, chopped apples, which is about 4 medium/giant apples.
• Lemon Juice: A squeeze of lemon helps brighten up the flavour of the apple filling—it tastes a bit of flat with out it.
• Brown Sugar: The molasses content material in brown sugar provides a lot taste because it sweetens. It’s how I sweeten this apple galette, too.
• Maple Syrup: For sweetness with that unequaled maple taste. The apple-maple combo tastes like quintessential fall! Have you ever ever tried my wholesome apple muffins?
• Vanilla Extract: Enhances and enhances all the opposite flavors.
• Cornstarch: This helps the filling thicken because it bakes.
• Spices: Identical to in apple pie, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice add heat and depth of taste to this gluten-free apple crisp.

Peel & Slice Apples Into Chunks

You’ll be able to skip peeling the apples in case you’d like, however many want peeled apples in desserts. I exploit and love (affiliate hyperlink) this OXO peeler. A number of crisp recipes use apple slices, however I want chunks as a result of chunks simply match onto a spoon or fork. It’s additionally tough to get completely uniform slices, so some items will be a lot thinner than others—and meaning mushy apples. 1-inch chunks which can be between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick are perfect for this gluten free crisp.

Toss the apple chunks with the remainder of the filling substances after which spoon/pour the apple filling right into a 9-inch pie dish or sq. baking pan.

Right here’s What You Want for the Topping

You should buy almond meal from the shop, however it’s very easy to make at house. Pulse sliced or slivered almonds in a meals processor till the almonds are pulverized. To keep away from the almonds grinding into an oily almond butter because of the processor’s warmth, pulse them with 2 Tablespoons oats. I word that within the recipe under.

Sprinkle the topping everywhere in the prime of the apple filling, and your gluten-free apple crisp is able to bake! No chilling, pre-cooking, cooling, or every other steps that will additional delay the second of bliss whenever you dig in your spoon for that first chew.

And naturally, don’t overlook the vanilla ice cream! No apple dessert is full with no scoop of vanilla ice cream on prime. And for a juicy pop of coloration, sprinkle some contemporary pomegranate arils on prime earlier than serving. (Completely elective, however look how fairly!) Discuss texture heaven.

Can I Make Different Gluten-Free Fruit Crisps?

Sure, you possibly can exchange the apples with cherries or pears, and even exchange 1 cup of the apples with contemporary cranberries. You may also use blueberries or peaches, however cut back the maple syrup within the filling down to three Tablespoons, as a result of each of these fruits get so juicy. Be happy to regulate the spices, primarily based on the fruit you’re utilizing.

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Gluten-Free Apple Crisp

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  Creator: Sally
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  Prep Time: 10 minutes
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  Cook dinner Time: 35 minutes
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  Complete Time: 1 hour
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  Yield: serves 6
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  Class: Pies
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  Methodology: Baking
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  Delicacies: American

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Description

This gluten-free apple crisp combines soft-baked apples flavored with maple and heat spices and a crumbly oat topping. As an alternative of utilizing all-purpose flour, use a mix of almond meal and oats. Almond meal provides a stunning texture and scrumptious nutty taste. To maintain the recipe gluten free, be sure you’re utilizing licensed GF oats. It’s not simply “actually good for a gluten-free recipe.” It’s simply plain REALLY GOOD.

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Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Grease a 9-inch pie dish, cake pan, or sq. baking pan. Put aside.
2. Filling: Stir all the filling substances collectively in a big bowl. Be certain the apples are evenly coated. Unfold evenly into ready pan.
3. Topping: Whisk the brown sugar, oats, and almond meal collectively. Break up any giant clumps of brown sugar. Whisk within the cinnamon and salt. As soon as mixed, stir within the melted butter. Sprinkle topping over the apples and end with just a few slivered or sliced almonds (elective).
4. Bake for 35–40 minutes or till the submitting is bubbly, the apples are a bit of comfortable, and the topping is browned. If it seems just like the topping is browning too rapidly, cowl the highest loosely with aluminum foil about midway by means of baking time. Permit to chill for five–10 minutes earlier than serving.
5. High with pomegranate arils, if utilizing, and serve with vanilla ice cream.
6. Cowl leftovers and retailer within the fridge for as much as 5 days.

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Notes

1. Make Forward & Freezing Directions: Observe steps 2 and three within the recipe, then cowl the crisp and freeze for as much as 2 months. Thaw in a single day within the fridge, then bake as directed.
2. Apples: You need about 5 cups (about 600g) chopped apple chunks. For finest taste, use a mixture of tart and candy varieties, akin to 2 tart Granny Smiths and a couple of apples of a sweeter selection like Honeycrisp, Pink Girl, or Fuji.
3. Maple Syrup: Delivers a lot taste. And makes the apple filling further juicy and gooey. Don’t depart it out!
4. Almond Meal: You should utilize store-bought almond meal or almond flour, or you may make your individual. Begin with 1/2 cup slivered or sliced almonds. Pulse them, together with 2 Tablespoons of the 1 cup oats referred to as for on this recipe, in a meals processor till a crumbly meal has shaped. Don’t run the meals processor constantly; chances are you’ll find yourself with almond butter. Fast pulses are finest. You’ll find yourself with about 1/2 cup almond meal.

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