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Vegan Paleo Breakfast Apple Crumble

June 15, 2013 by Christina Najjar 10 Comments

Vegan paleo apple crumble

Since discovering the secret to vegan gluten free pancakes, I’ve been making a lot of those. I wanted to make something different for an interesting Sunday brunch. Quinoa bake came up as an idea, but that just didn’t seem to fit my craving. I figured I’d use some of the apples I had in my fridge and put a nice topping on it. You could call this a non-traditional apple crumble.

I’m always up for expanding my cooking/baking horizons. I recently saw a recipe online that used tahini as a substitute for oil. It really gave me a new way to look at recipe creation. Not only does that cut down on hydrogenated fats, but it also increases the nutrient content in food.

This crumble isn’t your typical crumble with half a cup of brown sugar. It relies on the natural sweetness of the apples, the cinnamon, and the coconut, along with the flavour of the almond meal and the tahini. The minimal amount of maple syrup is plenty for this recipe. Cinnamon is also a helpful in balancing blood sugar levels. While I chose to serve this as a tasty breakfast, you could just as well serve it as a healthy dessert.

Vegan Paleo Breakfast Apple Crumble

Ingredients
3 small apples (or 2 large)
3/4 cup almond meal
1/4 cup desiccated coconut
2 tbsp tahini
2 tbsp maple syrup
About 1/2 tsp of cinnamon (or to taste)
Another 1/2 tsp of cinnamon

Directions
Preheat oven to 375F.

Peel and chop the apples. I like to place them in an aluminium pie pan. Sprinkle them with part of the cinnamon (you can really go on a to-taste basis here). Combine the rest of the ingredients in a bowl. Spread the crumble somewhat evenly over the apples.

Bake for about 15 minutes, keeping an eye on it. It’s ready when the crumble topping is pleasantly toasted.

Filed Under: Breakfast, Goodies, Paleo/Grain-Free, Recipes, Vegan

Comments

  1. foodieportal says

    June 11, 2013 at 9:16 am

    I love your pictures and recipes, they are mouth watering. Would love for you to share them with us at foodieportal.com. Over at foodieportal.com we are not photography expert snobs, we are just foodies, so pretty much all your pictures will get accepted.

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  2. Christina says

    June 11, 2013 at 10:54 am

    I think I will do just that! Thanks!

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  3. Anonymous says

    June 16, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    what type of apples did you use?? thanks!

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  4. Christina Najjar says

    June 16, 2013 at 7:00 pm

    I used macintosh this time, though granny smith also works really well.

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  5. digitalstyle says

    July 5, 2013 at 2:43 am

    Your food photos are amazing. You can share your mouth watering photos with us at foodienewz.com. foodienewz.com is a new food sharing site and we actually try our best to promote your food photos. At foodienewz.com all your food photos will be published without any editorial review so I really hope you come and join us.

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  6. KellyG says

    July 5, 2013 at 7:06 pm

    I love your recipes and I can not wait to try this!.

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  7. Christina Najjar says

    July 5, 2013 at 10:54 pm

    Thanks! I'll check it out!

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  8. Christina Najjar says

    July 5, 2013 at 10:55 pm

    Thanks! Let me know how it goes!

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  9. Matisse Perks says

    September 14, 2013 at 2:11 pm

    Just finished eating this, soooo good!
    Thank you so much for this recipe.

    Family is really pleased 🙂

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  10. Christina Najjar says

    September 15, 2013 at 10:41 am

    Aww I'm glad! Thanks for letting me know!

    Reply

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