Flaky homemade pie crust, sweet cinnamon apples, and buttery oatmeal crumble. This homestyle healthy apple pie is good beyond words!
Not weighed down by butter and sugar, the apples in this pie really shine.
Last week, I took the train from DC to spend Thanksgiving with my sister in New York City.
Holed up in her cozy Manhattan apartment, we watched old movies in our pajamas while eating apple pie topped with Coconut Ice Cream.
Surprised at how delicate and buttery the pie turned out, my sister (who is as far away from being vegan as one could possibly get) had to ask me three separate times:
Are you SURE there’s no butter in this?!
NO butter, no lard or shortening.
The healthy apple pie recipe can also be sugar free, gluten free, dairy free, and vegan.
It always shocks me to see how much butter and sugar are called for in traditional apple pie recipes.
The sweet apple flavor should take center stage in an apple pie; yet these recipes add so much unnecessary fat and sugar that they completely mask the apple, and fat and sugar end up being all you can taste.
There’s really no need for all those empty calories.
Leftover apples? Make this Apple Crisp Recipe
The following healthy apple pie recipe relies on naturally sweet apples and cinnamon for sweetness, and you have the option of using stevia if you want to cut back on the sugar even further.
Even if you opt to use real sugar here, the sugar will still only be around half the amount called for in traditional Dutch apple pie recipes.
What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving in the Big Apple than with homemade apple pie?
(And by staying far away from Macy’s Herald Square on Thanksgiving night…)
P.S. My sister wasn’t the only reason I was in NYC last week…
I’ll give more details as soon as I’m able, but for now I can leave you with a hint:
Chocolate Covered Katie On The Dr. Oz Show
Even in my sister’s tiny NYC apartment where you can barely turn around, this healthy apple pie was super easy to make.
Bonus points that it only calls for a few basic ingredients. Food in New York is expensive!
Healthy Apple Pie Recipe
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 1/3 cups spelt, white, oat, or gf ap flour
- 1/4 cup sugar of choice (or erythritol for sugar free)
- 1/4 tsp each: cinnamon and salt
- 1/4 cup oil or butter spread
- 2 tbsp water
Filling
- 4 cups peeled apple, sliced thin (400g)
- pinch stevia OR 1 tbsp pure maple syrup, honey, or agave
- optional 1/2 cup raw walnuts, diced small
- optional 1/2 cup raisins
Crumble Topping
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup spelt, white, oat, or gf ap flour
- 1/2 cup sugar (or erythritol for sugar free)
- 1/4 cup oil, OR 1/4 applesauce for fat-free
- 1/8 tsp salt
Instructions
- This recipe calls for an 8-inch springform, but it also works in a 9-inch if you double the entire recipe.Preheat oven to 350F, line the bottom of an 8-inch springform or removable-bottom tart pan with parchment, and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry crust ingredients, then stir in the oil and water to make a dough. Transfer to the prepared pan, press down hard, and bake 12 minutes on the center rack. Toss the apple and sweetener in a medium bowl, then spread evenly over the baked crust. In a third bowl, combine all crumble ingredients. Sprinkle the crumble evenly over the apples. Bake 50-60 minutes or until apples are soft and tender. Allow to cool 20 minutes before removing the springform.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
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Can I double it for 9×13 pan?
Yeah I’ve done that twice and it works well!
This pie recipe is delicious! I will definitely be making it again!
I have made this couple of times in a larger pan with a lots of cinnamon. I have started to make it out of pears, and it seems even more delicious.
I have a 9 inch springform pan. Should I double the recipe or do you mean double for a 9 inch deep dish?
Hope someone has an answer asap as I’m due to make this tonight:)
Thanks!!
Double it 🙂
Good morning, I’m no cook but I love the idea of this recipe. I made it yesterday and it came out all wrong… the crust especially. I used EXACTLY the quantities indicated, but it was dry and never turned into any kind of dough… I used only whole wheat flour, well packed. Should I have mixed the flours/grains? Does the crust require 1 1/3 cups spelt, white, oat, or gf ap flour (ie 2 or 3 varieties, mixed)?
I would like to try it again but need to understand what went wrong the first time. The proportions as I interpreted them were all wrong, but again, i think it’s my interpretation that is off..
Thanks very much,
Iris from Italy
Whole wheat flour is not listed as an option in the recipe. That would definitely be the problem 😉
Thanks. Not sure why whole wheat would work any differently from regular flour, but I will try it again… I just read that another reader had the same result I did (don’t know what flour they used)… will try with regular flour and see. Thanks 🙂
Never pack wheat flour. It should be stirred and then scooped with a spoon, lightly into cup and then leveled with a knife. Packing will always leave you with too much flour for the recipe (unless recipe SAYS to pack it)
I made this for Thanksgiving this year and it was a big hit! The crust and crumble were absolutely perfect. The filling seemed a bit on the drier side, so I may try to add an additional Tbsp of Maple Syrup next time? But other than that, it was a great addition to our Thanksgiving and my mom has already requested that we make it next year!
total time: 1 hour
Cook time: 1 hour
took about an hour to put everything together so total time is more like 2 hours
Let me tell you this. It’s not the most appealing cake look that I’ve seen. But all my senses tell me that it’s the tastiest pie in the world, and I should head to the kitchen and prepare one right now. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much Katie! I have a weakness for pie (even at breakfasttime!), and now I can eat it guiltlessly! Since apple and blueberry are my favs, I added a handful of blueberries, and with the spices the filling was perfect even without sugar! Mmm mmm my new fav recipe 🙂
I will definitely be making this for Easter! It looks amazing ?