This Apple crumble slice is super versatile. It’s free from the top allergens, plus coconut. Can be made with any fruit. And you can also layer the fruit on the bottom of an oven proof dish, and crumble the whole mix over the top to make fruit crumble! I actually find we only need half of the mix for fruit crumble, and the other half freezes great, and can be used to make another fruit crumble later on.
This recipe is healthy enough for everyday, (or breakfast even!) and lunchboxes, if you are wanting to make an extra sweet treat, or you are serving people used to sweet baking, then you can use 3/4 cup of sweetener instead of 1/2.
Make it grain free / Paleo
You can make this recipe paleo by substituting the oats, seeds and flour for almond meal – so 2 cups almond meal + 1 cup tapioca. Or 1 cup ground seeds, 3/4 cup almond meal and 3/4 cup tapioca.
Which sweetener?
The sweetener is fairly flexible, this recipe is designed for a liquid sweetener such as honey, maple, brown rice syrup etc. If you use a granulated sweetener such as coconut sugar, then you will need to add approximately 1/4 cup water to ensure the current texture. It only just comes together, so you denote want it too wet.
Apple Crumble Slice
Ingredients
- ½ cup oil (olive oil, coconut oil and butter all work)
- ½ cup sweetener e.g maple syrup, honey or coconut sugar
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda + 1 tsp vinegar (OR 2 tsp baking powder)
- 1 cup mixed seeds or almond meal
- 1 ½ cup flour rice flour, buckwheat, spelt or gluten free blend all work fine
- ½ cup rolled oats or quinoa flakes
Apple Filling
- 4 apples You can use any other fruit
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 Tbsp sweetener optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°c fanbake.
- Peel and core the apples. Dice them and add to a pot with ¼ cup water, cinnamon and sweetener if you are using.
- Cook over medium heat with the lid on for about 10 minutes, then when apples are softened, take the lid off and allow any liquid to evaporate, before setting the cooked apples aside.
- If using seeds, grind them in your blender or food proccessor to form a flour. Place all the ingredients together in a large bowl and mix everything together. If it seems a bit dry and crumbly, add 1 Tbsp of water at a time, until it holds together nicely, when pressed.
- Line a square slice tin with baking paper, and grease it.
- Place half of the mixture on the tray and press down to spread out and form the base of the slice.
- Spread the apples (now hopefully slightly cooled) on top of the base.
- Take the remaining mixture and crumble it with your fingers on top of the stewed apples or fruit.
- Cook in middle or lower rack in the oven for 25 minutes, or until the top is golden and the slice has risen.
- Remove from the oven and let cool in the tin (you can put the whole tin in the fridge or freezer to help speed it up!) before removing and slicing. Store in the fridge or freezer.
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