This delicious and healthy unofficial Slimming World apple crumble recipe with oats is low sugar, low calorie, and is a little bit of what you love with a dollop of yogurt or custard.
If you're looking for juicy apples in a healthy crumble as part of a Slimming club plan, then this is the perfect dessert!
It uses natural sweetener instead of white sugar, low fat melted butter for a low fat crumble topping. It's also made with oats blended into oat flour and some left whole for a crispy crumble.
And the great thing is that not only is it tasty, but it's a low calorie apple crumble with oats as they're portioned off in mini ramekin dishes. Or, you can bake it in large ovenproof dishes instead.
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✔️ Why You'll Love This Recipe
Here are a handful of reasons why we think you'll love this healthy apple crisp recipe with oaty topping:
- A warm dessert that's comforting all year round
- Has a reduced amount of suagr than regular apple crumble
- This classic recipe can be customised with other fruits
- It's naturally a gluten free apple crumble using oat flour
- One of the easiest desserts to make and no skills required
- Is estimated at only 3.5 syns per person for those on a Slimming World plan
🛒 Ingredient Notes
Please see the printable recipe card with exact ingredient quantities and preparation instructions at the bottom of the page.
Frylight - this isn't essential, but I like to spray the dishes to prevent the oat crumble from sticking to the insides of the pots
Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored & chopped. Or you can use cooking apples, Bramley apples, or a pink lady variety for extra sweet apples, etc
Lemon juice - this is to immediately drizzle on top of the chopped apples to prevent them from turning brown when hits the air
Ground cinnamon - to add cosy spices to the apples. Or you can use allspice
Natural granulated sweetener *must be counted. I like to use Whole Earth stevia as it has a more natural taste
Rolled oats - or jumbo oats as most of them will be blended into oat flour with some oat flakes left whole. This must be counted or used as allowance. Alternatively if not on a diet, you can use wholemeal flour for fibre
Low fat margarine - *must be counted. You can use cold and rub into the flour until you have chunky breadcrumbs or meltedin a medium saucepan over low heat
📋 Instructions
1. Pre heat oven to 160 c fan, 180c conventional, gas mark 4, or 350 F.
Then in a large bowl, mix the apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, and half the sugar until combined and set aside.
2. Next, blend 75g of the oats in a food processor and place in a bowl while holding back the remaining 30g whole rolled oats.
Pour the melted butter into the oat flour and mix until you have a pebble consistency. Then stir in the whole oats and the remaining sugar.
OR: make your oaty crumble topping by rubbing cold butter with your fingertips until you have coarse crumbs.
3. Now spoon the apple filling into each glass baking dish.
Or if you like generous portions, bake in one large baking tin.
4. Then spoon your crumble mixture on top of the filling and bake for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.
Tip: Place your mini healthy apple crumble puddings on a baking tray. Not only are they easy to remove from the oven, but they will also help the apple filling chunks cook until tender.
👩🍳 Substitutions
Depending on your dietary needs, here are a few simple swaps you can make:
- Oat flour - ensure you are blending gluten free oats if needed. And if not following a special diet, you can swap for wholemeal flour for extra fibre, almond flour, plain flour, etc
- Sweetener - if preferred, you can swap some honey or low sugar maple syrup. Or if not on a diet, typically you would use demerara sugar, or light brown sugar
- Apples - you can use any type of apples or swap for pears and other fruits (see Variations)
- Low fat margarine - for an extra lean topping, you can use a splash of water with coconut oil, plant based butter, etc
- Lemon juice - swap for orange juice to support inflammation, such as arthritis
⚖️ Variations
Here are some different fruits you can enjoy with these healthy apple desserts:
- Apple and blueberry crumble - swap 1 apple for berries as they have a low GI (Glycaemic Index) meaning a lower sugar apple crisp
- Apple and pear crumble - swap half the apples for pears
- Christmas apple crumble - swap 1 apples for 100g of dried fruit and festive spices, or 100g ready made mincemeat
- Apple and strawberry crumble - swap 1 apple for 100g of chopped strawberries - it is absolutely delicious, although more expensive
- Apple and blackberry crumble - swap 1 apple for 100g of foraged blackberries in bramble bushes which you pick up for free in late Summer
- Apple pie - if not on a weight loss plan, you can swap the crumble topping for my shortcrust pastry without the cheese
- Nutty - add some seeds or nuts to your streusel topping like pecans, walnuts, etc on top before baking for a delicious toasted crunch
🔪 Equipment
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- Ramekin dishes*
- Weighing scales
- Chopping knife
- Chopping knife
- Measuring spoons
- Potato peeler
- Large mixing bowl
- Food processor
*Did you know it's cheaper to buy Gu pots or Lidl's Deluxe puddings in glass pots and eat them (or someone else) and reuse them for this easy apple crumble recipe?
Or bake in a large pan like a skillet apple crumble
❄️ Storage
Storing - we prefer eating these warm desserts once they have cooled for 10 minutes. But they can be stored in an airtight container and refrigerated for up to 3 days. *Lidl pots come with lids, so don't throw them away!
Freezing - cool to room temperature and again, store in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months.
Reheating - If you want to eat the next day, defrost in the fridge if required and microwave until piping hot, or in the oven on medium heat.
💡Pro Tips
- Bake your apple crumbles on a baking tray to help cook the apple chunks all the way through
- If the apple crumble filling isn't bubbling and the tops are brown, cover with tinfoil prevent burning so you can bake longer
- For the best experience, serve warm
🍽️ Serving Suggestions
Whether you're enjoying as a breakfast recipe or an easy dessert, here are some serving ideas for this healthy apple crumble with oats.
Ice cream - In the Summer, we love to eat it warm with icy cold vanilla ice cream to melt beautifully into the healthy crisp topping
Custard - for a Winter warming and comforting healthy apple crumble recipe, we love to serve with hot custard
Yogurt - Greek yogurt is another great way to enjoy a drizzle of fresh cream as it balances the sweetness and offers more filling protein if you want to consume more healthy fats.
Sauces - there are many skinny and low sugar sauces you can enjoy a healthier apple crisp, such as sugar free caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, etc
Fresh fruit - this has more fibre than cooked fruit
❓ FAQ
Yes, you can make this apple crumble with Benecol margarine for a hearty option.
This no sugar apple crumble is packed with fibre, vitamin C, protein and potassium. They also contain antioxidants, which can help support inflammation to protect your cells from damage.
I prefer blending oats into oat flour as it is the closest thing to a healthy apple crumble. However, you can leave the oats whole (see below) for a crispy texture, but I prefer a mix of crisp and cookie dough texture.
Alternatively, you can use a mix of Ready Brek and oats.
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📖 Recipe
Easy Healthy Oaty Unofficial Slimming World Apple Crumble
Equipment
Ingredients
- Frylight
- 600 g Granny Smith apples peeled, cored & chopped (450g prepared weight) *must be counted
- 2 teaspoon Lemon juice (juice from ½ lemon)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 tablespoon granulated sweetener *must be counted
- 105 g Rolled oats 75g blended in a food processor, 30g left whole *must be counted or used as allowance
- 50 g low fat margarine *must be counted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160 c fan, 180c conventional, gas mark 4, or 350 F.Then in a large bowl, mix the apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, and half the sugar until combined and set aside.
- Next, blend 75g of the oats in a food processor and place in a bowl while holding back the remaining 30g whole rolled oats. ThePour the melted butter into the oat flour and mix until you have a pebble type consistency. Then stir in the whole oats and the remaining sugar.OR: make your oaty crumble topping by rubbing cold butter with your fingertips until you have coarse crumbs.
- Now spoon the apple filling into each glass baking dish.Or if you like generous portions, bake in one large baking tin.
- Then spoon your crumble mixture on top of the filling and bake for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.
Disclaimer
*This is an unofficial page and has no affiliation or endorsement from Slimming World. Slimming World's website can be found at https://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/. Any syn values are personal estimates and not verified by Slimming World.
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Notes
- Bake your apple crumbles on a baking tray to help cook the apple chunks all the way through
- If the apple crumble filling isn't bubbling and the tops are brown, cover with tinfoil prevent burning so you can bake longer
- For the best experience, serve warm
Susan
You don't say how much oat flour to use in your recipe 🤔
Vikkie Lee
Hi Susan,
Apologies if this wasn't clear - it was a note next to the ingredients, so hopefully, I've made it more clear in my instructions. Thanks so much for bringing this to my attention!
Vikkie
elizabeth lawrence
im 79years old and cant be bothred to cook but I want to loose weight so please can you help me
cathy Mcdowell
Hi vikkie, how many sachets of porridge oats ( oat so simple) would that be? Any idea?
Rachel
Do you have to cook the apples first please .
vikkie
No x
Meg Barnett
Vikkie, this was delicious, truly scrumptious! We had ours with quark with a few drops of cream flavour mixed in. However, I can't see what I'm to do with the orange juice! Am I just being dopey? Megx
vikkie
Thanks so much for letting me know!! Oops. It goes in with the apples and cinnamon (have edited it now) - thanks again x