Gooey Vegan Apple Crisp Recipe with Crunchy Oat Crumble

Gooey, soft caramelized spiced apples and a crisp “buttery” oat crumble make up this ridiculously easy dump-and-bake style vegan apple crisp recipe. It’s basically like an old-fashioned, classic apple crisp- without the dairy, yet you’d NEVER know. You’re just 45 minutes away from the best classic fall comfort dessert, served warm with a scoop of (vegan) vanilla ice cream to finish!

If I were to choose one apple recipe to make this fall, it would be this: classic apple crisp, made VEGAN!

Here’s why you need to make this recipe:

• As delicious as pie, but way easier. We’re simply tossing all the ingredients together, quickly assembling in one casserole dish and baking. The result? A filling with caramelized gooey sliced apples, coated in a sweet cinnamon, and topped with a sweet and crisp oat crumble topping that just makes you swoon.
• Unbelievably vegan and dairy free. I had some of my non-vegan family members even test this apple crisp recipe, and they were speechless. Like literally could not believe there was no real butter in here, and yet the apple filling was perfectly gooey and rich?! And that crumble was *crisp*!
• No need to pre-cook the apples! Unlike apple pie, which sometimes requires you to pre-cook the apples to remove any moisture that would create a soggy pie crust bottom, this apple crisp thrives with extra moisture from the apples! That’s how we get our super gooey texture!
• Simple ingredients. We’re talking apples, sugar, light brown sugar, oats, and flour. And some spices and vegan butter- that’s it!
• You can serve it immediately: No need to cool! Just scoop some vegan ice cream on top and devour!

My trick to ensure a gooey apple crisp filling & “buttery” crunchy oat crumble:

Covering the apple crisp for the first 30 minutes of baking. Then we uncover it for the remainder of the baking to let the oat crumble crisp up!

Let me explain: much like with making my vegan apple pie, we’re trapping warm air into the filling at first to melt the granulated sugar and really caramelize the apple sugars. The moisture has nowhere to evaporate because it’s trapped, so it helps keep the filling soft, gooey, and caramelized.

After the caramelization process, we can uncover the apple crisp so that the oat crumble on top can continue cooking and crisp up just enough while still keeping the apples below soft, tender and gooey.

Overview: Step by Step how to make a vegan apple crisp:

For the full written instructions and ingredient measurements, see the bottom of this post in the recipe card. You can also hit the “jump to recipe” button at the top of this post! Here, we’ll go over a brief overview of the steps, along with providing visuals for a better understanding of the recipe.

Once it’s done, remove it from the oven with an oven mitt and let it cool for a few minutes before topping with some vegan vanilla ice cream and diving in!

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Gooey Vegan Apple Crisp Recipe with Crunchy Oat Crumble

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• Author: Britt Berlin
• Prep Time: 5
• Cook Time: 50
• Total Time: 55 minutes
• Yield: 10 1x
• Category: Dessert
• Method: Baking
• Cuisine: American
• Diet: Vegan

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Description

Gooey, soft caramelized spiced apples and a crisp “buttery” oat crumble make up this ridiculously easy dump-and-bake style vegan apple crisp recipe. It’s basically like an old-fashioned, classic apple crisp- without the dairy, yet you’d NEVER know. You’re just 45 minutes away from the best classic fall comfort dessert, served warm with a scoop of (vegan) vanilla ice cream to finish!

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Ingredients

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Apple Filling:

• 5 large Gala, Fuji, Golden  or Cosmic apples, skin removed and sliced into 1″ chunks
• 1/2 cup (105 g) light brown sugar
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Oat Crumble:

• 1 cup (100 g) rolled oats
• ½ cup (62 g) all-purpose flour
• ½ cup (110 g) light brown sugar
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• ½ cup (113 g) salted vegan butter, cold and cubed
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

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Instructions

1. Please read through all instructions before beginning.
2. Prep: Preheat the oven to 350F and grease a medium sized casserole dish or cast iron skillet with oil. Set aside. Make sure the apples are peeled and chopped. Measure out all remaining ingredients.
3. Make the apple crisp filling: In the casserole dish, combine all apple filling ingredients. Toss to evenly coat the apples in the remaining ingredients. Once coated evenly, set aside to make the crumble.
4. Make the oat crumble: In a medium bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, light brown sugar, cinnamon, and sea salt. Add in the cubed and cold vegan butter, and much like rubbing butter into pie dough, use clean hands to rub the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles a sandy mixture. Add in the vanilla extract and mix to evenly coat the crumbles.  It will seem dry but as long as you rubbed the butter thoroughly to coat all of the dry ingredients, it will bake into a crisp.
5. Assemble the apple crisp: Sprinkle the crumble topping on top of all of the apples. 
6. Bake: Cover with tin foil and place into the oven to bake for 30 minutes, then remove the tin foil and bake the apple crisp for another 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven using an oven mix and let cool for 10 minutes. You can carefully place a piece of tinfoil back over to maintain moisture. 
7. Serve and enjoy! Serve with your favorite ice cream! Store any leftovers in an air tight container for up to 5 days in the fridge.

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Notes

Gluten-free: This recipe work with King Arthur Measure-for-Measure Gluten-Free Baking Flour.