Week 46--Apples

I had a great week!  Rainy days tend to help me focus on the here and now since I'm not so preoccupied with what to do next... I spent a lot of time this week reorganizing the home, putting up Christmas decorations, cooking, reading, relaxing, and playing with the kids.   In other words, we spent a lot of time at home, which made me crave something homey and sweet.  This version of an apple crisp has about 1/2 the sugar of a regular crisp and uses coconut flour which you can easily substitute with gluten free all purpose flour or any other flour you have at hand.  Coconut flour is all I had so that's what I used :)  

Lucia's Apple Crisp (Gluten Free and Vegan)

Ingredients for filling 

8 organic granny smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into slices

1/2 cup golden raisins

1/2 cup of maple syrup (or honey)

Juice of 1/2 meyer lemon

1TB cinnamon

1/2TB pumpkin spice mix

1/4tsp cardamon

1/4 cup apple juice

1TB coconut flour

Ingredients for Crisp

1 cup GF rolled oats

1/2 cup coconut flour

1/2 cup coconut oil softened

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4tsp baking soda

1/4tsp baking powder

pinch salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  

2. Coat a 9 x 11 baking pan with coconut oil

3. Combine apples with rest of filling ingredients and mix well. Place inside baking pan.

4. In a separate bowl combine crisp ingredients and sprinkle on top of apples.  Cover and bake for 35 minutes* (*Coconut flour burns easily so do not bake crisp for the entire time without a cover.  If you are using regular flour covering is not necessary)

5. Remove foil and bake an additional 5 to 10 minutes or until done.

6. Enjoy topped with vanilla ice cream or just by itself.  I enjoyed mine with a cup of ginger spice tea :)