Perfect and Simple Apple Streusel
Recently, I was invited to a dinner party and about an hour before, the host texted 'Bring a dessert if you want!' Coincidentally, a friend brought a bag of perfect fall apples over from her backyard the day before. I knew what I had to do. This recipe is so dang easy and also so impressive it's practically unfair. It tastes exactly how you think a rustic fall apple crumble or streusel should taste and seems like you spent hours on it -- bonus points for the fact that it's refined sugar-free, vegan and gluten-free. If you have the ingredients and a good baking dish you're already halfway there. In the test kitchen we made individual desserts in ramekins but I have also made it in a larger dish for about 8-10 servings and it works just as well.
- Cook 35 min
- Serves 8-10 servings
Ingredients
- 4-5 good sized apples, chopped in 1 inch pieces
- 1/4 - 1/3 cup ofChai Caramel
- Streusel Topping
- 1/2 cup pecans (we've also used a combination of almonds and walnuts)
- 1 cupJust Date Sugar
- 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp all purpose flour or gluten-free 1:1 flour
- 3/4 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 8 tbsp cold Miyokos butter
Instructions
- Chop the apples and place them into a baking dish. Pour the chai caramel over the apples and mix thoroughly to coat and set aside.
- In a food processor, add all streusel ingredients and pulse until it's in a fine crumble and place in your fridge.
- Bake the apples covered in foil without the streusel in an oven at 350 for 15 minutes.
- Remove the apples from the oven and top the apples with the cold streusel evenly
- Bake for 20 more minutes or until the streusel is golden brown and you can hear the apples bubbling underneath.
