This is simply the best healthy apple crumble recipe! It's easy to make and is made healthier with oats and only a small amount of sugar in the topping!
I have to tell you, I was ready to pull out my woolly socks, make soup and get cozy on the couch. But then we had 2 GORGEOUS summery feeling days in a row...over the weekend! YAY!
So sorry, soups and socks will be making an appearance at a much later date.
But I am ready to start easing my way into autumn foody goodness, starting with all the apple things. We have an apple tree that we planted in spring but right now, it's teeny. Not even big enough to support the weight of a single apple let alone provide me with enough apples to satisfy my autumn apple cravings. But luckily for me, I picked a gigantic bag FULL of apples from our neighbour Jamie's tree that is pretty much ground level with the weight of all the apples covering it. Short person win! I have so many apples. So even though it's super sunny and warm and we had the FAN on last night, I've compromised.
A sort of autumny warm cozy dessert that makes you start to feel like you could be ok with the weather getting a little chillier but still fresh and healthy enough that you aren't putting your winter layer on yet...are we ok with that?
Good. Let's talk healthy apple crumble.
I love how many things there are that you can do with apples. Which, by the way if you have any favourite apple desserts/things that you want me to try, shout out...I still have SO many apples.
One of my favourite apple things, and even all time favourite desserts is apple crumble. In case you hadn't noticed with this...or these. It's the sort of recipe that doesn't really require a recipe. More of a thing where you know the general ingredients you need and kinda just crumble them together, throw them over top of a bunch of sliced apples and call it a day. My kind of recipe!
You can make it super sugary and buttery and delicious and serve it with ice-cream or you can be boring like me and cut down on those 2 ingredients, add oats and chopped nuts and serve it with yoghurt. But would we call it boring?? Or breakfast worthy? I call it breakfast! And crunchy...yes.
There are fresh apples, oaty, nutty crunchy crumble and spicy goodness that makes your kitchen smell like a Yankee candle <- I need this.
It's everything I love about autumn rolled into one perfectly toasty warm dessert.
It keeps in the fridge for as long as it lasts...which is about 1 hour here. But probably a week in real life where adults live and don't eat dessert for breakfast (not here). You can dish up a portion and reheat it in the microwave which is perfect for a quick fix after dinner. With vanilla ice-cream. And if this is how you would eat it at breakfast I will not argue.
Because this is what happens to a bowl of healthy apple crumble here.
Yum.
Apple Crumble
Ingredients
- 4 large apples
- ¾ cup rolled oats
- ¼ cup flour
- 50 g butter cut into cubes
- ½ cup dessicated coconut
- ½ cup chopped nuts I used almonds & walnuts
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F.
- Peel and slice apples into slices or cubes and place in the bottom of a baking dish.
- In a food processor add all remaining ingredients and pulse until combined. If making by hand, using your fingers, a pastry cutter or 2 forks, add the butter, flour and rolled oats to a medium sized bowl and rub it together until the butter is combined and there are only small pieces left. Add the rest of the crumble ingredients and combine.
- Pour the crumble topping over the apples and bake for 30-40 minutes until the apples are cooked and the crumble is golden.
- Remove from the oven and serve immediately with yoghurt or vanilla ice-cream.
- Store covered in the fridge for up to 5 days, reheating portions in the microwave.
Yolande says
Can you omit or sub something for the coconut? One of my kiddos is adverse 😉
Laura says
You can definitely just leave it out!
Jen says
Made the crumble and it looked delicious and smelled amazing. Thought it was odd that the apples did not need to be stewed beforehand, and sure enough the apples were still quite firm. Maybe that’s how they are meant to be but my partner wasn’t too happy about it.
Laura says
You can absolutely stew the apples first if you prefer, I like them with a little bit of bite but it's totally personal preference!
Stace The Ace says
OhhhhhhhhMYgooooodnessss!!! Absolutely delicious and so easy to chuck it all together.
I doubled the recipe because of HUNGRY teenagers who inhale everything
We had it with custard and French vanilla ice cream 🤗
It’s a hit! Perfect for loads of mouths to feed.
jayne says
Love a good apple crumble! and love your use of nuts and coconut Laura - delicious!
Laura says
Thanks Jayne! They make it so much better than just a regular crumble...not that I would turn one of them down either though!
Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid says
Oh my belly always rumbles for crumble! I love the addition of the nuts and the coconut! That's super yum, that is!
Laura says
Mine too Sammie! I could eat it everyday...and I feel like I can when it has mostly healthy ingredients too! 🙂
Shari from GoodFoodWeek says
Oh man, your apple crumble looks to die for. We went to Sydney on the weekend and experienced 27 degree days - only to return to Canberra to freezing temps and the need to run the heating. I am so glad that I won't have to endure another Canberra winter {although I do love experiencing all four - the Canberra winter rolls on for a little too long for my liking}.
Laura says
Thanks Shari! Sounds like Canberra is a bit like where we are - I love feeling all 4 seasons but winter always seems to drag on for a little too long!
Vicki @ Boiled Eggs & Soldiers says
I love crumble and this one looks super delicious. I can't at the moment imagine it ever being cold in North Queensland but they tell me it does - when it does I'm whipping this one out. Thanks so much for sharing on YWF.
Laura says
At the moment I can't imagine it being cold here either which is so unusual! Not complaining though 🙂
Lisa @ Chocolate Meets Strawberry says
Laura, what a delicious dessert! Strange but lovely that you've had such warm weather this weekend! Funnily enough, here in Brisbane we've had some super rainy/cloudy weather over the last two days (followed by insane amounts of humidity this afternoon, OF COURSE! Brisbane, please be normal for once!). This crumble looks like the kind of thing I would love to snuggle up with on the couch while I read. Pass me my blankie, please! 😛
Laura says
Oh no way!! Humidity is the worst right?? That horrible hot stickiness...our days were just plain hot which was amazing! And yes, it's the perfect snuggle up on the couch with a book dessert! 🙂