Baked Apple Dessert

This dessert is a super delicious but super healthy alternative to apple pie or apple crumble! As I said before, I am looking for ways to use up the apples I collected from my Grandmother's apple tree, and found this as a perfect healthy dessert to use them in. It is also so easy and quick to make!

Ingredients 

• 2 large cooking apples / 4 granny smith/ eating apples 
• 3 tbs of water
• 3 tbs of raisins 
• 1 tsp of cinnamon (your choice on how much you want here) 
• 4 cloves 
• Optional: 1/4 tsp of almond extract 
• 1 stevia packet (or sub in 3 tbs of sugar)
• 1 tbs of coconut palm sugar or 1 tbs of maple syrup/ honey/ brown sugar 
• 35g of xylitol or coconut sugar / caster sugar or brown sugar 
• 35g of Jumbo oats (for topping) 
• 35g flour of choice (I used oat flour) - topping
• 3-4tbs of milk -topping
• 1tbs of oil (melted coconut oil or olive oil) - topping
• Optional add ins: 3 tbs of nut of choice (walnuts or almonds might be good)

NOTE: In the photo above I didn't make a topping (only sprinkled some oats over) - however the topping I have put into this recipe I use on special occasions and it is very delicious! 

Method 

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius 
2. Peel and core the cooking apples then cut up into smallish chunks 
3. Heat up the water until boiling then add the cooking apples, raisins, spices, almond extract and sweetener
4. Cook on a low heat for around 20-30 mins or until apples are relatively soft but not pureed (the cooking apples that I have only take around 10 mins to get really soft) 
5. Meanwhile mix all the topping ingredients together - it will be softer and of a more squidgy consistency than normal apple crumble topping at this stage but don't worry it gets more crumbly in the oven (if you want a less healthy but more authentic version of apple crumble topping sub the 4 tbs of milk to 4tbs of margarine). It should still be quite crumbly, so if it sticks together in one big clump like a dough then add more flour. 
6. Pour apples (make sure to drain out any additional water and take out cloves) into a heat proof dish and mix in optional nuts. Then crumble over the topping. 
7. Bake in the oven for 30 mins or until the oats on top have gone a golden brown colour. 
8. Enjoy!