Vegan Apple Crumble

This autumnal Vegan Apple Crumble is easy to prepare using simple ingredients. The combination of baked apples with the most delicious crumble is simply perfect. Served with creamy vegan ice cream, you will have a winner dessert or afternoon snack.

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• What is Apple Crumble?
• Our Apple Crumble is:
• Ingredients for our Vegan Apple Crumble
• Step-by-Step Method
• Variations for our Vegan Apple Crisp recipe
• Serving Suggestions
• FAQ and Tips
• Vegan Apple Crumble
• More Fall Recipes:

What is Apple Crumble?

Apple Crumble is a British dessert made with staple ingredients such as butter, flour, and sugar. If you have been to England during late summer or early autumn, chances are you have seen a few apple trees. This is why Apple Crumble aka Apple Crisp, is a really popular dessert around the country and the world, it is a delicious treat made with ingredients that you probably already have at home.

Our Apple Crumble is a vegan version of the traditional crumble and contains a few more ingredients to make it more nutritious such as oats, pecan nuts, and almonds.

Our Apple Crumble is:

• A dessert or snack
• Vegan
• Easy to prepare
• Autumnal, fall recipe
• Perfect for holiday or festive meals
• Comforting

Ingredients for our Vegan Apple Crumble

So what is vegan crumble made of? A traditional crumble is made with regular butter so we simply substitute that ingredient with plant-based butter.

Apple Filling

Apples, of course. For the best apple crumble, you will need firm and tart apples that hold their shape when baking. Some popular choices are Granny Smith apples, Pink Lady, Honeycrisp apples, or even Golden Delicious. If you are lucky enough to go apple picking, you should use fresh seasonal apples, these are definitely the best apples.

Spice mix. We use cinnamon and nutmeg. They give the dessert a lovely fall flavor and fragrance. You can add other spices such as pumpkin pie spice or vanilla.

Brown sugar. Adding a little bit of sugar to the apples enhances the natural caramelization of the fruit. You can use coconut sugar, regular white sugar, date or maple syrup, or another sweetener of your choice.

Lemon. We like adding some fresh lemon juice to prevent oxidation of the apples and adding a little acidity.

Vegan Crumble Topping

All-purpose flour. This is one of the main ingredients to make the crumble. You can substitute this for whole wheat flour or even gluten-free flour to make a gluten-free apple crumble. Other options are coconut flour, oat flour, or even almond flour.

Rolled oats. Adding rolled oats into the topping mixture will make the apple crisp extra crunchy.

Nuts. We add crushed raw pecan and almonds. The easiest way is to use a food processor to ground the nuts to your desired consistency. If you are serving this dish to young kids and toddlers, we recommend you grind them finely to avoid chocking hazards. You can add other nuts or seeds such as cashews, walnuts, macadamia nuts, sunflower, or pumpkin seeds.

Vegan butter. We use Naturly Vegan Block for our desserts. It works great for this crumble as well. Coconut oil can also be used when making vegan crumble.

Brown sugar. Many recipes include a higher amount of sugar. Using a ½ cup of sugar is more than enough as the apples are already going to bring the rest of the sweetness you are looking for. For an even healthier apple crumble, substitute the brown sugar for date syrup or monk fruit.

Step-by-Step Method

1. Peel and cut the apples. You can cut the apples into slices as we do, or cubes. Add cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, and sugar. Combine with your hands until the apples are well coated.
2. Crush or grind the nuts using a food processor and add all the ingredients for the crisp topping in a mixing bowl. This includes nuts, oats, flour, sugar, and vegan butter.
3. Combine in a medium bowl the ingredients until you have a moist mixture and start to crumble. You can do it with your hands or a spatula.
4. Spread the buttery crumble on top of the apples so it covers the whole baking dish. Bake for 45 min at 180 C. To avoid burning the top while the apples are cooking, cover the baking dish with tinfoil once it has been cooking for 25 minutes.

Variations for our Vegan Apple Crisp recipe

• Make it gluten-free. To make this crowd-pleasing dessert gluten-free, substitute the all-purpose flour with gluten-free flour. Make sure the oats you are using are tagged as gluten-free as not all of them are suitable for gluten-free diets.
• Make it sugar-free. Apple crumble made with sugar is delicious, but not the healthiest. I normally make a baby, toddler-friendly version for my two kids and myself as I have prediabetes. We enjoy this as a snack, dessert, and even breakfast!
• Add another fruit to your crumble or crisp. Earlier this year I made a blackberry and apple crumble and it was such a lovely treat. As well, fruits such as peaches, strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries go perfectly in your fruit crumbles.
• Use a skillet. You can also make a delicious skillet apple crisp.

Serving Suggestions

This Easy Vegan Apple Crumble is the perfect dessert for winter and fall. You just need a handful of ingredients and some baking time.

Apple desserts are best served with some vegan vanilla ice cream, vegan yogurt, or vegan custard. Luckily, you can get vegan ice cream or make a delicious vegan custard at home. Other delicious options to serve this dessert are with some vegan caramel drizzle or even lotus cream (naturally vegan).

This Crumble makes for a great dessert for holidays such as Christmas or Thanksgiving and other festive meals. As well, it can be served for brunch on these special occasions. Make sure you check this list with our favorite Christmas Recipes.

If you want to bring this recipe to the next level, consider making an apple crumble pie. Vegan Apple Crumble Pies are delicious and definitely, a treat everyone should try!

Store and Reheat

This vegan dessert is better eaten right after baking. You can save the leftovers for the day after but it won't be as crunchy.

You can keep any leftovers in the fridge for 4-5 days using an airtight container. Reheat using the microwave and serve.

FAQ and Tips

If you tried our recipe, please leave a comment or tag us on Instagram @Sixhungryfeet. We are always happy to see your creations!

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