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A soft baked apple half topped with oat crumble plated on a white plate

Easy Baked Apples with Crumb Topping

A delicious, real-food dessert that’s so simple to make. Easy, perfect, and so-good for gatherings of all kinds, and the leftovers can even be served for breakfast with a dollop of yogurt. 

Prep: 10 minsCook: 55 minsTotal: 1 hour, 5 mins
Servings: Serves 8

Ingredients

For the Apples:

  • 4 medium apples (about 220 g each)
  • Cinnamon for dusting 

For the Crumb Topping:

  • 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats (100 g)
  • ½ cup gluten-free flour blend or all-purpose flour (80 g)*
  • ¼ cup chopped pecans (27 g)
  • 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted**
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 
  • 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg 
  • Pinch of sea salt

Optional for Serving: Vanilla ice cream or non-dairy frozen dessert, plain or vanilla yogurt, or whipped topping; plus toasted, chopped pecans and a drizzle of maple syrup

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut the apples in half. Scoop out the core. Place the apples, cut-side up, in a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Dust with cinnamon. Set aside. 
  2. In a medium bowl, combine the oats, flour, pecans, maple syrup, butter, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Stir well. 
  3. Divide the oat topping evenly over the apples. 
  4. Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 20-25 minutes or until the apples are cooked through and the topping is golden brown. 
  5. If desired, serve apples and crumb topping with a scoop of ice cream, yogurt, or whipped topping. To garnish, top with a few chopped pecans, dusting of cinnamon, and drizzle of maple syrup.

Notes

*For gluten-free baking flour blends, we like Bob’s Red Mill One-to-One Gluten-Free Baking Flour or King Arthur Measure-for-Measure Gluten-Free Flour. You can also use the same amount of regular all-purpose flour if you don’t need this recipe to be gluten-free

** For dairy-free and vegan, use coconut oil or vegan butter in the crumb topping

Nutrition Information

  • Serving Size: 1/2 apple with crumb topping
  • Calories: 224
  • Fat: 8 g
  • (Sat Fat: 3 g)
  • Sodium: 4 mg
  • Carbohydrate: 35 g
  • (Fiber: 4 g
  • Sugar: 16 g)
  • Protein: 2 g
  • Cholesterol: 15 mg

Dietary

© The Real Food Dietitians
Recipe By: Jessica Beacom