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Close up on the fruit filling in a Gluten Free Apple Crisp in a pie dish.

Gluten Free Apple Crisp {Dairy Free}

Katie AdamsKatie 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
Cook Time 45 minutes
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine American, British
Servings 8
Calories 439 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 8x8 baking dish
  • measuring cups and spoons
  • 1 vegetable peeler
  • 1 pastry cutter optional

Ingredients
  

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
  • teaspoon nutmeg
  • 6 medium apples** peeled and diced
  • 3 tablespoon dairy free butter cold, cut in small cubes

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350℉ and grease an 8x8 casserole dish or deep pie dish with butter.

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.
    Flour, butter, spices, sugar, and oats mixed together in a mixing bowl.
  • 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.
    Diced apples in a mixing bowl next to apple seasoning in a mixing bowl.
  • 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.

Bake

  • Place in preheated oven and bake 45 minutes until golden and bubbly. Allow to cool 10 minutes and enjoy!

Notes

*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. 

Nutrition

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
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