Clean Eating Apple Crisp

I don't know why but Roast Dinner and Apple Crisp just go together!

I made a Pot Roast for dinner tonight and once it was prepped and in the oven; next came the Apple Crisp.  I decided to switch up my Apple Crisp recipe this time and give it a little twist by adding in some ground pecans and maple sugar instead of my usual Coconut palm sugar.  Plus I used coconut oil instead of butter which I have done before and it works out very nicely.

Clean Eating Apple Crisp

Crumble Topping

1/4 cup ground pecans

1/4 Cup Maple Sugar or Coconut Palm Sugar

1 Tsp Cinnamon to taste

1 Tsp sea Salt

2 1/2 cups rolled Oats

3/4 cup Coconut Oil

Ground Pecans

Apple Filling

3 large apples peeled and chopped into cubes

2 Tbsp Maple Syrup

1 Tbsp Lemon Juice

1 1/2 Tsp Cinnamon

Apple filling with Maple Syrup and Cinnamon

Directions

• Grind the Pecans in a food processor or blender.
• Add the maple sugar, cinnamon, salt and rolled oats into the food processor and pulse a few times to break down the rolled oats slightly.

After putting the topping in the food processor
for a few pulses.

• Peel and chop apples
• Place apples into a deep pie dish or casserole dish and add in maple syrup, lemon juice and cinnamon.
• Stir apple mixture until coated evenly.
• Top apple mixture with crumble topping
• Bake at 350 for 30 Minutes

Peach Pie Bars

Peach pie is a big treat around here and it's peach season so I picked up a huge box full of peaches to freeze for winter to put in my shake or use for recipes. 

We are leaving for camping tonight and though I have been busy slicing and freezing peaches for the last few days I still have a half box to use up before we go! 

I made a peach crumble the other day which only had a small amount of coconut palm sugar in the crumble so I've felt pretty ok about enjoying that as a nice evening snack. But I'm still wanting that peach pie! 

I just don't have the time to make one before we go with packing for camping. So I decided to try a peach pie bar instead.

It totally satisfied that peach pie craving because the base crust tastes like pie crust.  BUT it's pretty quick to throw together and much less work than an actual pie!

Ingredients

Crust:

• 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
• ½ cup Cold Butter
• ½ teaspoon Sea Salt
• 1 Tablespoon Cold Water

Filling:

• 4-6 cups FRESH PEACHES, peeled, pitted and sliced
• 1/3 cup Honey
• 3 Tablespoons CORNSTARCH
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Streusel Topping:

• ¾ cup Whole Wheat Flour
• ¼ cup Coconut Palm Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon or Cardamon 
• ¼ teaspoon Sea Salt
• 1/4 cup melted Butter

• Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a 8x8 baking pan.
  2. In a food processor, pulse together crust ingredients to form a dough. Press into the bottom of prepared pan.
  3. In a medium bowl, stir together peach slices, honey, cornstarch, lemon juice and vanilla. Pour peaches on top of crust.
  4. In a small bowl, combine streusel ingredients. Sprinkle on top of peaches.
  5. Bake for 50-55 minutes until the filling is bubbling and the streusel is golden. Cool completely before cutting into bars.