Apple Cranberry Crumble

Welcome to my Ayurveda & Yoga blog! I’m Evangeline and I’m an RMT and holistic health coach. I started my blog during covid to stay connected to my clients and share my love of cooking healthy, AYURVEDIC INSPIRED meals.
Ayurvedic cooking is a conscious approach to preparing and cooking tasty, nutritious, balanced meals using spices and herbs, and taking into consideration the external conditions such as the season and time of day, in addition to how you are feeling.

If there is ever a fruit you can turn to anytime, and feel down right satisfied, raw or cooked, and can be easily transformed into a heartwarming dessert, for us it would have to be the mighty apple! We have apples first thing in the morning- cooked apple with cloves, packed in a lunch bag, enveloped in a pie, and quite often in this simple apple crumble dessert.

Since the start of fall, this easy to make apple crumble is the most requested sweet satisfaction in our home. This recipe calls for fresh cranberries, but you can leave it out, and add another apple. Double the recipe if you are expecting guests. They will love it!

For a little decadence, serve with fresh whipped cream!

Apple crumble also makes for a warm, delicious school snack. I prep the topping the night before, cut the apples in the morning and bake it first thing, ready to pack in everyone’s lunch bag.

Red Fife- a heritage whole wheat grain grown in Canada

Arrowroot flour-a thickening agent; consider stocking this versatile flour; it is used as a binding ingredient in detoxification; I also use it as an egg substitute when making pancakes.

Ghee- butter that has been clarified to remove milk solids and casein and water; traditional ghee is made with fresh cultured butter heated at a low temperature, and has probiotic benefits. Read more about the benefits of ghee here.

For freshness grind cinnamon sticks into cinnamon powder just before putting it all together.

Apple Cranberry Crumble

Yields: 3-4 generous servings in a 5”x9” dish- double the recipe if using at 9x9 square dish
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes

INGREDIENTS

TOPPING

½ cup red fife flour or another whole grain flour

1 cup rolled oats

¼ cup ghee, room temperature or coconut oil

¼ cup sucanat cane sugar

1 tsp cinnamon powder

¼ cups pecans (optional)

FILLING

4-5 small apples, peeled, cored and cut into bite size pieces

½ cup fresh cranberries

1 ½ tsp cinnamon powder

1 tsp arrowroot flour

¼ cup sucanat (optional if apples are already sweet)

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350F.

2. Combine all the topping ingredients and set aside.

3. Combine all the ingredients for the filling.

4. Fill the dish with the filling first, then cover with the topping.

5. Bake for 35 minutes.

6. Let sit for 5 minutes in the oven.

Enjoy!