Apple Crumble
This is one of my favourite guilt-free desserts. There’s no flour, added sugar, dairy or eggs and you can lower the fat content by omitting the nuts. This crumble is so delicious you won’t miss any of them and, if you’re like me, you’ll eat the leftovers for breakfast. I developed this recipe years ago from several traditional crumble recipes when living in the USA and found the abundance of freshly-picked fruit in my local farmer’s market as well as the many small farms in Maryland and Virginia where you can pick your own fruit such as peaches, strawberries, apples and pears.
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Ingredients:
1.5 cups rolled oats
¼ tspn salt
½ tspn cinnamon
¼ cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
¼ cup sunflower oil
¼ cup water
1 tbspn brown rice syrup (optional)
4 cups peeled and sliced apples (or 2 cups of apples and 2 cups of peaches or other fruit that will maintain its shape)
¼ cup dried mulberries (optional)
¼ cup raisins/sultanas
½ cup water/apple juice
½ tbspn kuzu dissolved in 1 tbspn water
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Recipe:
Mix rolled oats, salt, cinnamon and walnuts in a bowl.
Combine sunflower oil and ¼ cup water and rice syrup if using
Add to dry mixture and combine.
Combine apples, dried fruit, ½ cup water/apple juice with kuzu mixture in saucepan
Cook on low-medium heat until kuzu dissolved, stirring gently
Place in crumble dish and spread crumble mixture on top.
Cook in 180° oven for approximately 35 minutes. Enjoy!