Red Meat Allergy Friendly Dark Chocolate Almond Apple Crisp

Total time1 hr 10 min

Prep time20 min

Cook time40 min

Red Meat Allergy Friendly Dark Chocolate Almond Apple Crisp

Warm, bubbling apple filling topped with a golden crunch of oats, almonds, and dark chocolate — this dessert is the kind of thing that makes people hover near the oven. The filling gets its silky body from arrowroot starch and a hit of brightness from fresh lemon juice, while maple syrup and warm spices tie everything together without a drop of refined sugar. The topping leans on almond flour and chopped raw almonds for a nutty, satisfying crunch that bakes up beautifully with coconut oil as the fat. Folding in roughly chopped 70% dark chocolate is the move that takes this from a classic comfort dessert to something genuinely special — those melty pockets throughout the crisp are everything. Every single ingredient here is naturally free of red meat and meat-derived additives, so there's no label-scanning or substitution stress involved. It's the kind of crowd-pleasing bake that works just as well for a weeknight treat as it does for a dinner party finish.

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Ingredients

6 servings

For the apple filling

5 medium apples (about 2 ½ lb), peeled, cored, and sliced ¼-inch thick
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3 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground ginger
1 tbsp arrowroot starch
1 tsp fresh lemon juice

For the oat-almond topping

1 ½ cups old-fashioned rolled oats
¾ cup almond flour
½ cup raw almonds, roughly chopped
3 tbsp maple syrup
3 tbsp coconut oil, melted
½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp fine sea salt
2 oz dark chocolate (70% cacao or higher), roughly chopped

Instructions

1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking dish with a small amount of coconut oil.
2
In a large mixing bowl, combine the sliced apples, 3 tbsp maple syrup, 1 tsp cinnamon, ground ginger, arrowroot starch, and lemon juice. Toss until the apples are evenly coated, then spread them in an even layer in the prepared baking dish.

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