This recipe does have a little brown sugar in the "splenda' brown sugar mixture for the crumble topping. This is a mixture of sugar free and real brown sugar, but this is the only added sugar in the entire recipe.
My husband prefers this for his birthday cake. He has a September birthday, so with Apples in season, this makes it an easy "cake" to make him!
Jan's Tips:
Tapioca: This comes in those tiny red boxes in the pudding aisle at the store. It us used to help thicken the apple juices into a beautiful pie filling! I use it in my peach cobblers too! It's my secret weapon!(shh, don't tell anyone!)
Sweetener to the Apple? I do not add any extra sugar substitute or sweetener to my apples. I just let the apples be sweet enough on their own. Especially when I use my favorite.. Envy Brand, Honeycrisp. , but feel free to sprinkle in any sugar substitute or even drizzle in some honey to your apples if you prefer a bit of extra sweetness. The Crumble topping provides enough extra sweetness for my hubby.
Baking Time: My oven seems to require at least 75 min to get my apples to tender, sometimes even a bit longer, but i start checking at about 50 minutes. by poking into the pie wth a fork and see if they are "fork" tender.
Let's get baking!
Sugar Free Apple Pie with Crumble Topping
A diabetic friendly dessert that has all the flavor of an autumn apple pie with a wonderful crumble topping!
Ingredients
- 1 prepared pie crust
- 6 apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
- 2 Tablespoons Tapioca pudding powder
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1 Stick Butter softened
- 1 cup oats
- 1/2 cup brown sugar substitute
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degree's. Line 9 inch pie plate with prepared pie crustIn large mixing bowl add sliced, peeled apples.Sprinkle tapioca powder over apples.Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmed over apples. Stir to combine all ingredients well.Pour apple slices into pie crust, arranging slices to fit and pile high as needed. (They'll shrink and settle with baking)In small bowl, combine butter, oats, and brown sugar. Mix until well blended.Sprinkle small "plops" of the oatmeal topping all over the apples, making sure to cover evenly.Bake 60- 75 minutes till apples are cooked through and tender.
Yield: 1 9 " pie
