Instead of spending all your time chopping, spiralize those apples for a quick and healthy Spiralized Apple Crumble. With curly apple noodles and a crispy crumble layer this apple crumble recipe will be a huge dessert hit!
I’ll admit that when I came up with this recipe I really thought that spiralizing the apples was kind of gimmicky. It spiced up boring old apple crumble by infusing a little trendiness into it. Little did I know that I’d actually be creating a massive life hack.
Spiralizing is all the rage these days. It get it, low carb noodles?! Count me in. Okay not actually, I like pasta too much and I totally use my spiralizer more for making curly fries than anything else, but basically if you aren’t spiralizing- who are you?! So to keep up with what’s “so hot right now”, I decided to spiralize my apples in apple crumble just to see what would happen. Well the sky didn’t come crashing down but I did cut my crumble-making time in half.
Why Make A Spiralized Apple Crumble?!
Crumble is one of those desserts that’s amazing but really is the lazy girls guide to potlucks. It’s guaranteed to be a hit, so easy to make and requires very few ingredients. But for a simple dessert, the last thing you want to do is spend half your day peeling and chopping apples.
This spiralized apple crumble is literally the answer to all of your prayers (because I know you’re all up at night praying that someone develops a crumble hack…). I made the executive decision that peeling is unnecessary because peels are delicious and full of fiber and there’s really no reason they shouldn’t be.
Then when it comes to chopping, you won’t be needing to deal with that anymore because you can spiralize an apple in full! It takes about 20-30 seconds per apple to spiralize, which means you now have more time for crumble eating instead of crumble baking.
Is this a Healthy Apple Crumble?
You betcha! (<–can you tell my husband is Minnesotan?!). Not only is this apple crumble spiralized, but it’s also made with healthier ingredients. Here are the healthy swaps I made:
- Coconut sugar for brown sugar
- Almond Meal in place of white flour
- Coconut oil instead of butter
The hardest part of the recipe is the torture of how delicious your house will smell while it’s baking when all you really want to do is dig right in. But 40 minutes later you grab that fork, some delicious vanilla bean ice cream and go to town. You won’t regret it!
PrintSpiralized Apple Crumble
Instead of spending all your time chopping, spiralize those apples for a quick and healthy Spiralized Apple Crumble. With curly apple noodles and a crispy crumble layer this apple crumble recipe will be a huge dessert hit!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 9 medium red apples of choice – spiralized on the 2nd largest setting*
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
- juice, 1/2 orange
- zest, 1 orange
For the crumble:
- 1 cup almond meal
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup coconut oil (room temp – not melted)
- pinch of salt
- optional: pinch of nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with coconut oil spray.
- Place spiralized apples in a large bowl and top with cinnamon, coconut sugar, orange juice and zest.
- Spread out in baking dish.
- Add almond meal, rolled oats, coconut sugar, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg if using to bowl and stir.
- Place coconut oil in bowl and using hands mix crumble mixture together until crumbly. Don’t be afraid to get in there and dirty!
- Sprinkle crumble mixture on top of apples.
- Bake for 40 minutes.
- Serve warm.
Like this recipe? Here are a few others you might enjoy:
Peach and Apple Crisp
Apple Cinnamon Granola
Apple Protein Breakfast Cookies
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40 Comments
Sheryl
November 19, 2019 at 4:30 pmcan this recipe be baked a day ahead?
Davida Lederle
November 19, 2019 at 8:20 pmyes!
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Kathleen
July 15, 2016 at 9:49 amI love my spiralizer and want to try this. I am confused about what happens to the core and seeds of the apple. Where does it go?
Davida @ The Healthy Maven
July 15, 2016 at 11:31 amYou just toss them when you’re done spiralizing your apple!
Forrest
March 5, 2016 at 3:36 pmWhat a wonderful twist on apple crisp. I could eat this for breakfast, dessert or as a side dish.
Peg Adams
February 26, 2016 at 9:38 pmSounds delicious! I do not have almond meal in the house, ever…what can I substitute in for that? Flour? I am assuming you are gluten-free because no flour in this recipe.
MNass
February 27, 2016 at 11:22 amI also do not have almond meal OR coconut sugar….substitutes? I was thinking raw cane sugar and stevia blend. I love spiralized foods and have been looking for a recipe for apples. Going to give this a try. Need substitute ideas.
Jennifer
January 17, 2016 at 10:55 pmWay too sweet for me. Flavors were good and I loved the spiralized Apple texture but I would use much less sugar next time.
AnnieG
February 25, 2016 at 4:25 pmI was also thinking it sounded too sweet. If anyone makes it with less sugar, please post to let me know how much tasted good.
Davida Kugelmass
February 26, 2016 at 6:04 pmFeel free to decrease the sugar amount. You can use to your preference!
Margaret @ Simple Fit Foodie
January 13, 2016 at 1:07 pmOK WOWWW. I think i may have died and gone to heaven. Apple pie/crisp is my weakness. I would eat it all day everyday if I could. What an awesome idea!! Definitely doing this next party/potluck I go to!
The Healthy Maven
January 13, 2016 at 1:36 pmPerfect for a potluck! Enjoy, lovely!
Cassie
November 27, 2015 at 1:10 pmI love this idea! They look like sweet apple noodles!
Christina
November 7, 2015 at 9:50 amYASS spiralize dat ish! Sometimes I wonder if I’m using my spiralizer because it will spice up my recipes or because I’m secretly too lazy to chop? Either way, in this instance, it took the crumble to the next level. ~*pinned*~
Davida Kugelmass
November 9, 2015 at 11:33 amCompletely! I’m so lazy when it comes to chopping. Sometimes I go for my food processor, but because it’s so heavy I even get lazy with that too. Spiralizer to the rescue!
Chelsea @ Chelsea's Healthy Kitchen
November 7, 2015 at 9:16 amSuch a fun idea! I gave up on my spiralizer after I realized I don’t really like zucchini noodles and it’s stowed away in my parents’ basement somewhere right now. But now I’m thinking I need to dust it off and give this a try!