Apple Crisp

Recipe courtesy of HealthWorld Online - used with permission

Copyright Rita DePuydt

8 servings

Filling:
7 to 8 cups chopped apples (peeling is optional)
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons powdered stevia leaf or
    1/2 teaspoon powdered stevia extract
2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
3 tablespoons natural peanut butter (optional)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup apple juice or blend

Topping:
1 cup rolled oats
2/3 cup chopped nuts and seeds
1/4 teaspoon powdered stevia extract
3/4 teaspoon stevia concentrate
2 tablespoons oil

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.

Place the apples in a large mixing bow. Stir in the lemon juice.

Mix the vanilla extract, stevia leaf or stevia extract, flour, peanut butter (if using), cinnamon, and salt into the apples.

Pour the fruit juice into the bottom of the dish. Spoon in the apple mixture.

Mix the oats, chopped nuts and seeds, stevia extract, and stevia concentrate together in a bowl. Sprinkle and stir in the oil. Spread the topping over the apples so it is evenly distributed.

Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour. If the topping gets done before the apples, cover pan with foil the last 15 minutes of baking.

Option: Topping substitute: 1 1/2 cups of granola. Mix 1/2 cup of the granola into the apples, and spread the rest on top. No need to add stevia sweetener or oil from topping recipe above - granola already has sweetener and oil.

Excerpted from Stevia: Naturally Sweet Recipes for Desserts, Drinks and More!, Book Publishing Company

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