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It's fall, and it's apple crisp season. This apple crisp is easy, delicious AND vegan! It can be made gluten-free, too, with just one substitution.
Get the recipe here: https://www.stephsunshine.com/vegan-life/perfect-vegan-apple-crisp-gluten-free
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It's still hot here in Miami but technically it's fall so I thought I
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would make one of my favorite fall desserts today which is apple crisp and
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this version is vegan and you can also make it gluten-free if you need to
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I'm playing around a little bit with the video and microphone settings so if
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anything comes out a little bit weird I am so sorry but hopefully hopefully it's
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better and not worse and as usual if you want to follow along with the recipe
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it is on my website and I will put a link in the description below
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Alright so let's get started. The first thing that we need to do is preheat the
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oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and I'm also gonna spray some cast-iron pans
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with cooking oil. I'm just using cast-iron pans because I want this look
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I'm going to take some photos later but of course you can just use a regular
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baking dish as well. So the next thing I'm gonna do is peel and chop my apples
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You can use whatever apples you prefer but I usually like Granny Smith for
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apple crisp because they have such a strong tart flavor. Some people also like
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Honeycrisp, Orgella, Pink Lady, Fuji. These apples are all a little bit sweeter
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than Granny Smith so for me it's a little too sweet when you add in the sugar and everything but it's up to you and your taste. Regardless of whatever
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flavor of apples you use just make sure they're firm apples that are good for
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baking otherwise they just might turn into mush in the oven. So anyway I am
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just peeling them and cutting them into slices that are about 3 quarters of an
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inch wide and then I am cutting those in half. At the end I want to end up with
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seven cups of chopped apples or 800 grams. Alright so my apples are all
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chopped now I am just going to take some lemons and squeeze them until I have two
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tablespoons of lemon juice and I'm gonna add the lemon juice to my apples along
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with a teaspoon of vanilla extract. I'll just toss everything to make sure that
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the apples get evenly coated. So in a separate smaller bowl I'm going to add a
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third of a cup of brown sugar along with two tablespoons of cornstarch, a teaspoon
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of ground cinnamon, and a quarter teaspoon of salt. If you used sweet
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apples instead of tart apples you might want to reduce the sugar to a quarter of
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a cup but totally up to you. So I'm just gonna mix that up so it's nice and even
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and then I will slowly add it to the apples. As I'm adding it I'm gonna stop
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to mix up the apples so that I can get a nice even coating and then these will
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just go right into my oiled pans or your baking dish whatever you're using
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Alright so now I'm gonna start on my crumbly topping. I have cleaned up my
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mixing bowl here and I am just going to add one cup of rolled oats, three
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quarters of a cup of all-purpose flour, three quarters of a cup of brown sugar, a
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teaspoon of cinnamon, and a quarter teaspoon of salt. If you're making the
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gluten-free version you can use one cup of oat flour in place of the all-purpose
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flour. Just check to make sure that you're using gluten-free oats and all
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your other ingredients are gluten-free because sometimes there can be cross-contamination in the factory or whatever. So once those dry ingredients
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are all mixed up I'm going to add three quarters of a cup of cold vegan butter. I
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am using earth balance here and I have chopped it up into smaller pieces before
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I added it in. So I'm gonna start out using a fork to cut the butter into the
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dry ingredients until it's about half combined. Then I'm just going to take my
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fingers and mix it up until it is crumbly. You don't want to use your hands
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too much because you don't want the butter to get too soft. The key to a nice
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crumbly texture is cold butter. If your butter is too soft your topping might
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come out a little bit gritty and we don't want that. So now we're basically
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done. I'm just gonna spread the topping all over the apples so it is nice and
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even. And now this will go in the oven for about 35 to 45 minutes. Your timing
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is gonna vary depending on the dish that you're using. So basically what you want
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to look for is the topping to turn a little bit golden and the apples should
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be fork tender. That's how you know they're ready. Once the apple crisp is
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ready you just want to let it cool for about 15 minutes or so before serving it
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Of course we all know apple crisp is not apple crisp without a scoop of vanilla
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ice cream. I've got my vegan vanilla ice cream right here. I've got a little bit of
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caramel sauce that I whipped up. If you want to make it yourself it's pretty
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easy. Just mix up equal parts of coconut cream and brown sugar. You can add a
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little cornstarch to thicken it up. A little salt if you'd like salted caramel
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And that's it. Just heat it up for about five minutes over the stove and you're good
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Mmm. I haven't had this in so long. It is so good
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My mom taught me to finish my plate okay. Well that is all for this one but if you want more fall and Thanksgiving recipes
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you're in luck because I've got several of them coming up in the next month or
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so. So if you'd like to see those hit subscribe and I'll see you there. Bye
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