Traditional apple crisp is made with lots of butter and sugar. This apple crisp recipe is more versatile with healthier ingredients.
Here’s why:
- Whole grains – We use old fashioned oats instead of refined flour for the crisp topping
- Low sugar – Rather than using regular sugar, we use just a little bit of maple syrup and allow the sweetness of the apples to come through
- No butter – Instead of using butter, we’re using coconut oil, which is more nutritious!
- Gluten/dairy free and sweetened with just maple syrup
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4 servings
WW Freestyle Points: 8
Ingredients
- 4 cups apples peeled + sliced in ¼ inch thick pieces - about 1 lb (honeycrisp works best)
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil melted
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Crisp Topping
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/3 cup pecans chopped
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a greased 8"x8" baking dish
- Peel + cut apple slices into ¼ inch thick slices.
- Melt coconut oil and toss with apples, cinnamon and ginger. Set aside.
- Mix together crisp topping ingredients.
- Pour apples into bottom of the baking dish. Layer crisp topping evenly on top of apples.
- Cover apple crisp with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for 20 mins. After 20 minutes, remove cover and bake for another 10-20 minutes until apples are fork tender and crisp topping is golden brown.
Here are some substitutions you can make:
Nut free - To make this nut free you can omit pecans. If you'd like to add in some crunch you could sub in sunflower seeds.
Oil - You can sub coconut oil with olive oil or avocado oil. Vegetable oil will also work.
Other fruit - This recipe will work great by adding other berries like blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. Dried raisins or craisins would also be a yummy add in.
Apples: We recommend using honeycrisp apples in this recipe. We don't recommend using Granny Smith or other tart apples.
Maple syrup - You can sub maple syrup with honey
Weight Watchers - Save 2 SP per serving by omitting pecans
Oats - You can use quick oats instead of old fashioned oats.

Recipe Courtesy: The Clean Eating Couple
https://thecleaneatingcouple.com/healthy-apple-crisp/