This fruit crisp recipe is the perfect way to turn everyday fruit into a delicious and healthy dessert. You can use many different types of fruits to make this fruit crisp, but our favorites include apples and pears.
In general, a fruit crisp tends to be a leaner version of a classic pie. Because most pie recipes call for a pastry crust and pastry top, pies tend to be heavy on the carbs and butter.
A fruit crisp, on the other hand, relies on a mostly fruit base with just a little pastry or oats (or in this case, both) for the topping.
To create this healthy fruit crisp recipe, we utilized maple sugar and apple juice for natural sweetness and kept the amount of sweetener minimal. Instead, we relied on the apples and pears for their natural sugar content and used aromatic spices like cinnamon and cardamom to provide wonderful flavor to this healthy dessert.
You could also try swapping in peaches, apricots, or other seasonal fruits instead of apples and pears. This fruit crisp recipe is very adaptable and a great base to use for many types of fruits.
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Cook time: 40 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
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Ingredients
- 3 apples washed and diced (1/2 inch)
- 2 pears washed and diced (1/2 inch)
- 1/3 cup apple juice
- 1/2 cup granulated maple sugar
- 1/2 cup whole grain pastry flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/4 cup walnuts chopped
- 1/4 tsp ground cardamom
- 1-2 cloves ground
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp sea salt
- 3 tbsp cold butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly oil a 12×12 baking pan. Spread fruit evenly in the pan and add apple juice.
- In a bowl combine maple sugar, whole grain flour, rolled oats, walnuts, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and sea salt.
- Work in cold butter until evenly combined and there are no large lumps.
- Sprinkle dry ingredients on top of fruit.
- Cook uncovered 35-40 minutes until topping is golden brown and fruit is tender.
Additional information
Updated by Beeta Hashempour on 7/3/2018
