Simple Maple Pecan Apple Crisp
Warm. Crispy. Nutty. This easy Maple Pecan Apple Crisp recipe captures the beauty of fall baking in every bite! Get ready for the warm, sweet, baked apple aromas to fill your home!
Ingredients
Maple Pecan Crisp Topping
- 3/4 cup (90g) All-purpose Flour or 1:1 Gluten-free flour mix
- 3/4 cup (75g) Rolled Oats
- 1/2 cup (75g) Maple sugar
- 3/4 cup (170g) Unsalted Butter cold, cubed
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3/4 cup (75g) Pecans roughly chopped
Apple Mixture
- 6 Apples (Firm & Tart) , sliced such as Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Golden Delicious
- 1/2 Lemon, cut in half, squeezed
- 1/2 cup (80ml) Maple Syrup
- 1/4 cup (50g) Light Brown Sugar or maple sugar!
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tbsp All-purpose Flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Butter an 8"x8" baking pan or similar sized casserole dish. Set aside.
- Peel, core, and slice 6 washed apples. (Note: peeling your apples is an optional step depending on your texture preference!)
- In a large mixing bowl, combine your apples, sugars (maple syrup and brown sugar), lemon juice, flour, and cinnamon. Stir to incorporate.
- Transfer chopped fruit mixture to the prepared baking pan. Set aside.
- In a separate medium sized mixing bowl, combine flour, oats, maple sugar, and salt.
- Add cubed butter and combine with the mixture using either a pastry cutter or your hands.
- Once a mixture that resembles clay clumps. Add roughly chopped pecans and mix together one final time. Evenly distribute crumble over the fruits.
- Bake at 350F for ~50 minutes or until fruit is bubbling (while still holding their shape) and the crumble is golden brown (Note: I initially used baking apples for this recipe and needed ~10min longer cooking time to soften the apples). Let cool for an additional 10 min, serve and enjoy!
- Optional: Finish with a scoop of ice cream and a drizzle of maple syrup!
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Notes
Sofia’s Tips:
- NLooking to make this recipe gluten free?! Simply substitute all-purpose flour with your favourite 1:1 Gluten-free flour mix or almond flour
- If looking to make this recipe vegan, the butter can be replaced 1:1 with coconut oil
- Big fan of Maple?! Simply substitute brown sugar with additional maple sugar! or add 1 tsp of natural maple extract to your crumble layer
- Topping browning quickly in the oven? Simply cover the baking pan with aluminum foil for the last 15 minutes
- All purpose flour can easily be substituted with whole wheat flour for an even hardier harvest crunch!
- Play around with the added sugar amounts to suit your desired level of sweetness!
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