Gluten Free Apple Crisp {Dairy Free}
Katie Adams
This fall dessert has a gooey, fresh apple filling sprinkled with an irresistibly sweet crisp topping with rolled oats and walnuts!
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 45 minutes mins
Cooling Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
 
	
    	
		Course Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine American, British
 
     
    
        
		Servings 8
Calories 439 kcal
 
     
 
Crisp Topping
- ¾ cup sugar*
 - ½ cup brown rice flour
 - ¼ cup almond flour
 - ½ teaspoon cinnamon
 - 2 pinches nutmeg
 - 1 pinch salt
 - 5 tablespoon dairy free butter cold, cut in small cubes
 - 3 tablespoon gluten free rolled oats
 - ½ cup walnuts chopped
 
Fruit Filling
- ¾ cup sugar*
 - 2 tablespoon brown rice flour
 - 1 teaspoon cinnamon
 - ¼ teaspoon salt
 - ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
 - 6 medium apples** peeled and diced 
 - 3 tablespoon dairy free butter cold, cut in small cubes
 
 
Make the Crisp
In a medium mixing bowl add sugar, brown rice flour, almond flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Whisk together.
 Add cubed butter. Using either a pastry cutter or your hand, cut in butter until a coarse crumb forms. You want all of the ingredients to come in contact with the butter. I like to squeeze it together with my hands to achieve this.
 Add the rolled oats. Squeeze the mixture until moist clumps form. 
 Add the chopped walnuts and squeeze a few additional times to incorporate them. The mixture should still resemble moist clumps. 
 
Make the Apple Filling
In a large mixing bowl add sugar, brown rice flour, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Whisk together.
Peel and dice apples about ¼" dice. 
 Add apples to sugar, flour, and spices mixture. Use a spatula and stir until the apples are evenly coated. 
Assemble the Apple Crisp
Pour apple mixture into the greased baking dish and spread out evenly.
 Place cubed butter evenly on top of apple mixture. 
Sprinkle evenly with crisp mixture.
 
 
*Feel free to use light brown sugar or cane sugar if you prefer. I've noticed cane sugar doesn't sit well with my family, so I typically use maple sugar or coconut sugar. All maple sugar is pricy, but this version doesn't clump as badly as other brands I have tried. I typically use it in lighter colored baked goods (vanilla cakes, lemon baked goods, streusel/crumble/crisp toppings etc). That said, I use coconut sugar more often due to affordability. It darkens then end product, but if it's just my family eating it we don't mind!! 
**Pink Lady, Braeburn, Honey Crisp, Jonathan, or Granny Smith apples are good choices to use in this recipe.   
Calories: 439kcalCarbohydrates: 69gProtein: 3gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 2gSodium: 172mgPotassium: 228mgFiber: 5gSugar: 52gVitamin A: 77IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 1mg
 
Keyword fall recipes, fresh apples, oven baked, rolled oats