Gluten-Free Apple Recipes (Breakfast & Desserts)
15+ Sweet Healthy Apple Recipes to satisfy all of your fall cravings! This apple recipe roundup contains gluten-free, vegan, and dairy-free healthy apple recipes for breakfast and dessert.
Fall is here and you know what that means… pumpkin spiced lattes and apple-flavored everything! I love making apple dessert recipes, and autumn is the season to do it. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. Leaves changing colors, we’re lighting all of the candles, and I’m always snuggled up on the couch under a fuzzy blanket.
Usually, I have some kind of freshly baked good either in my hand or on the counter. Fall is such a cozy season and always makes me think of fresh apples baking in the kitchen, filling the space with the scents of cinnamon and nutmeg. Because apples are at their peak season during the fall, I have to give you a roundup of my favorite sweet apple recipes to make this time of year. These healthy apple desserts and breakfast recipes are sure to be the newest additions to your table.
More of a pumpkin lover? Check out these healthy pumpkin recipes!
All of these apple recipes are gluten-free, vegan, and refined sugar-free. Oh, and they’re also mouthwateringly tasty! Without further ado…
Here are my top picks for the BEST apple recipes to make this fall:
Vegan Apple Cheesecake with Gluten-Free Oatmeal Crust
This Vegan Apple Cheesecake is a creamy and irresistible baked vegan cheesecake that is perfect for the holidays or for any apple pie lovers! Made with an oatmeal almond flour crust, this gluten-free cheesecake is topped with a scrumptious apple pie filling.
Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal with Sautéed Apples
This Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal is perfect for chilly fall mornings. It’s lightly sweetened with maple syrup and topped with warm sauteed apples.
Gluten-Free Apple Crumble Pie
This Apple Crumble Pie is so delicious it’s bound to be a holiday dessert staple! This gluten free, paleo + vegan pie is filled with soft, caramelized apples and topped with a nutty, crunchy paleo crumble topping.
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
This Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal is topped with caramelized apples and crunchy pecans for an irresistible, healthy breakfast that’s much more decadent than it looks. This breakfast treat is gluten-free, refined sugar-free + vegan!
Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Crisp
This Gluten-Free Vegan Caramel Apple Crisp will have you serving yourself seconds! With a luscious caramel apple filling and oatmeal crumble topping, this vegan holiday dessert is irresistible.
How To Make Homemade Apple Syrup
Follow these easy instructions to make delicious apple syrup at home. It’s perfect for mixing into drinks, drizzling on pancakes and waffles, or adding to oatmeal! Made with just 2 simple ingredients (with some options for extra flavor) it’s easy and quick to make on the stovetop in a saucepan.
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Apple Muffins
These Pumpkin Apple Muffins are a healthy breakfast treat that’s full of fall flavor. This easy recipe is gluten free, refined sugar free, and vegan.
Small Serving Apple Crisp (GF, Vegan)
This Small Serving Apple Crisp is the perfect guiltless indulgence for when you don’t need an entire pan of apple crisp in the kitchen! It’s gluten free, refined sugar free, and vegan.
Granola Breakfast Tarts with Sauteed Apples + Yogurt
These Granola Breakfast Tarts with Sauteed Apples + Coconut Yogurt are an incredible breakfast treat that’s so good, you’ll think it’s dessert! The granola crust is spread with creamy dairy-free coconut yogurt and topped with cinnamon-sauteed apples. This gluten-free and vegan breakfast is the perfect holiday morning breakfast.
Paleo Apple Pie (with Vegan Option)
This Paleo Apple Pie has a flaky gluten-free lattice crust with a delicious spiced apple filling! This healthier apple pie recipe is the perfect paleo Thanksgiving dessert. This recipe has a vegan option.
Cranberry Apple Crisp (Gluten Free + Vegan)
This Cranberry Apple Crisp is spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg & orange zest and topped with a crunchy pecan oatmeal crisp topping. This gluten-free and vegan crisp is the perfect holiday dessert!
Gluten-Free Pear Apple Crisp
This Pear Apple Crisp combines two of the best fall fruits into one delicious crisp, flavored with vanilla, cinnamon and ginger and topped with a grain-free crumble topping. This crisp is gluten-free, Paleo, and vegan.
Slow Cooker Apple Butter (No Sugar Added)
This Slow Cooker Apple Butter has no sugar added – just fresh apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice. This healthy homemade apple butter is so delicious spread on toast, stirred into oatmeal or yogurt, or eaten by the spoonful! It’s Paleo-friendly and vegan.
Gluten-Free Apple Cinnamon Skillet Cookie
This Apple Cinnamon Skillet Cookie is a deep-dish cookie that’s loaded with fresh diced apples and warm fall spices! This gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and Paleo-friendly skillet cookie is topped with caramelized apples.
Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Crisp
This Gluten-Free Vegan Caramel Apple Crisp will have you serving yourself seconds! With a luscious caramel apple filling and oatmeal crumble topping, this vegan holiday dessert is irresistible.
Apple Blondies with Caramel Glaze
These Apple Blondies are full of warm spices and topped with an absolutely scrumptious (and SUPER easy) caramel glaze. These chewy, soft apple blondies are gluten-free, paleo and vegan.
Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Cinnamon Scones
Meet your new fall favorite: these Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Cinnamon Scones are tender, flavorful, and simply irresistible. Made with caramelised apples and toasted pecans, the dough for these simple scones comes together easily.
Paleo Apple Spice Marshmallows
These Paleo Apple Spice Marshmallows are sweetened with maple syrup and flavored with apple juice + loads of warm spices! Homemade marshmallows are easier than you’d think, and you’ll love these on their own or as the perfect apple cider addition.
Apple Dessert Recipes, plus Healthy Apple Crisp
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 6 to 8 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegan
Description
This Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Crisp will make you want seconds! With a luscious caramel apple filling and oatmeal crumble topping, this vegan holiday dessert is irresistible. Plus, 15+ more healthy sweet apple recipes!
Ingredients
For the apple filling
- 2 pounds fresh apples, peeled, cored and sliced in 1/4” slices
- 1/4 cup (50g) coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons (14g) tapioca flour
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
For the crisp topping
- 3/4 cup (72g) blanched almond flour
- 1/4 cup (28g) tapioca flour
- 3/4 cup (72g) gluten-free rolled oats
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 6 tablespoons coconut oil, solid
- 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Prepare an 8×8” baking pan (or similarly sized baking dish) by lightly greasing it with coconut oil. Set aside.
- Place the sliced apples in a large bowl. Melt the coconut oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk in the tapioca flour until dissolved, and then whisk in the coconut sugar, maple syrup, water, cinnamon, and salt. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 3 minutes to thicken and melt together, stirring frequently. Remove from the heat, add the vanilla extract, and then pour the caramel sauce over the sliced apples.
- Toss to coat all of the apple slices and pour into the prepared pan, spreading out the apples evenly.
- In a separate bowl, combine the almond flour, tapioca flour, rolled oats, and coconut sugar. Add the coconut oil and using a pastry cutter, two forks, or your hands, work the coconut oil into the flour until it comes together into a course meal with no dry flour remaining. Toss in the pecans.
- Cover the fruit evenly with the oat topping and bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until the topping is golden brown and the fruit filling is bubbling. If topping is browning too quickly, tent the pan with aluminum foil halfway through to prevent burning.
- Let cool slightly before serving warm. Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
