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Carb Free Apple Crumble (FM)
Recipes | January 20, 2016
*I don’t remember how many servings this yields, but my serving size would be about 1 full cupped hand.
Ingredients for filling
4 large apples, peeled, cored, and cut into small cubes
1 tbsp erythritol
1 tbsp arrowroot powder
1/4 cup water
Ingredients for topping
2 cups blanched almond flour
2 tbsp coconut oil melted
4 tbsp erythritol
2 tbsp vanilla extract
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Stir water and arrowroot powder together until completely dissolved.
- In a medium size pyrex bowl toss apples and erythritol together and then pour over the arrowroot mixture.
- Combine dry ingredients in a bowl
- Stir in wet ingredients until the mixture becomes very crumbly
- Add and even layer of the crumbles over the apple mixture.
- Bake covered at 350F degree for 45 minutes. Topping should be golden brown and apples soft.
- Serve warm. It’s delicious with vanilla ice cream but you should earn that with your workout 😉
Macros for the entire recipe:
Calories: 1,423.2
Carbs: 173.7 g
Net Carbs: 130.1 g
Fat: 68.6 g
Protein: 30.6 g
Note: This is for the entire recipe, not individual portions, which are going to vary depending on both the size and amount you’re going to eat. Just like you wouldn’t consume an entire cake or container of ice cream, you wouldn’t be choking down this entire recipe in one go. Relax, enjoy the treat, and be mindful of your portions.
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pa, usa
Sounds delicious. But don’t forget the approximate 100 carbs from the apples and 40 more from the almond flour! Maybe sugar free is more accurate ?
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tx
Yea I was thinking the same thing. A more natural and healthy dessert, but nonetheless still mostly composed of carbs.
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switzerland/, france
I thought the same, an apple is carb. From my side I would have said cereal-free crumble as usually the dry part is using wheat flour. You can’t say either sugar-free because sugar is a form of carb, and we can’t say either non-added sugar recipe, because erythritol is added. well… all these terminology makes our head hurt.
That being said, I try to follow the FODMAP diet and apple isn’t recommended for me.
If oven is involved, I typically don’t do the recipe (my oven sucks), but I loooove crumble (anything crunchy)
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lake tahoe, nv, usa
True, however, I also look at apples as the type of fruit that is low in glycemic load and doesn’t do much to raise our blood sugar levels. If it’s ok for people with diabetes, than I tent to treat it as FM. Of course you may choose to count carbs and treat it as WEM.
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Hi, can I use coconut flour? And could you please tell me is there any difference between almond flour and ground almonds?
Thank you 🙂
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lake tahoe, nv, usa
Almond flour comes from almonds that have been skinned (blanched) that’s why it’s almost white with no dark pieces. Almond meal is just ground almonds. A lot of people prefer to bake with blanched almond flour because it apparently sticks better and doesn’t crumble as much. Coconut flour is really dry in comparison so the recipes using coconut flour also has to contain a lot of eggs or oils. If you use coconut flour for this recipe it’s going to change the texture and taste completely, and I’m not sure if it’s going to work. I think this is more of a question for a chef or someone who specializes in cooking and recipes I just look at the content and make sure it tastes good 🙂
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Thank you for your answer. I think I was using ground almonds and didn’t realise that there is an almond flour 😛
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Awesome 😍
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méxico city, méxico
I love your receipts Zuzka, but sometimes you ask for strange ingredients such as arrowroot powder or almond flour. Difficult let alone tobfind them, but to know what in heaven they are. I think i’ll eat an apple instead
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Hey! yeah i know what you mean! But almond flour isnt that bad.. you can just buy raw almonds, toast them and blend them together in a food processor until they’re fine (but not long enough to make it into almond butter!) as for the arrow root powder, you can find it online, honestly..shopping online is soo much easier you can do it all from your couch :D. Hope this helps <3
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lake tahoe, nv, usa
These ingredients are very common where I live. I understand that not all ingredients are available everywhere in the world, but that would be hard for me to keep track of. Sometimes I just post recipes that not everyone in other countries will be able to make.
As Eva said, you can make almond flour/meal out of almonds and arrowroot powder serves mostly as a thickener which could be substituted with xanthan gum for the most part.
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méxico city, méxico
I have a sense of humor that sometimes is worth to explain, for example eating an apple because I couldn’t find all the other ingredients.
I can imagine myself having an apple, tear in my eye, looking the “Carb Free Apple Crumble” picture.
I have to tell you I live in Mexico so first I have to translate each ingredient to spanish an then try to find the same thing around here which is easy in the case of apples but not as easy with other ingredients. It really helps to have ideas and solutions so we can enjoy your receipts world wide.
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curitiba, parana, brazil
Good one but arrowroot is not carb free! It seems to be a gluten free recipe and low carb. I will do it with coconut flour! See you, take care.
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lake tahoe, nv, usa
You’re right, arrowroot is not carb free, but the amount of arrowroot that goes into this recipe doesn’t make it carb heavy. You wouldn’t eat the entire thing, it yields quite a few portions. I had it for about 5 days every day for breakfast.
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YUM! Can’t wait to make this. I’ll use green apples. Thank you Zuzka for all your amazing recipes. How lucky am I to have so many recipes available – yay! Love that people add comments for alternate ingredients. Options are good. Too bad there’s negative comments too. I don’t get that. Not every recipe is for everyone. It’s that simple. Zuzka you are amazing and much appreciated. Thanks for all you do and for all the extra wo’s and food log, recipes, bonus wo’s….Happy Day!
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pa, usa
I don’t see any comments I would interpret as negative. I do see some questions and suggestions, which most of us find helpful.
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green bay, wi, usa
Ditto what kacimitchsmom said! Sheeesh! Just can’t please everyone all the time. 🙂 Thank you so much Zuzka. I always look forward to checking your site each day. I’m a ZGYM addict…makes my day!!
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Great winter breakfast idea! I love apple crumble, and don’t always feel like having a smoothie in the winter mornings.
Diet depends a lot on one’s genetics and it is a trial and error to see what works for each person and how many carbs one can tolerate. I find that if I follow Zuzka’s weight-loss guidelines I lose weight nicely (and it is really hard for me to lose weight otherwise). If I follow her guidelines for weight maintenance – I maintain my weight and still have delicious food. If I stop – I gain weight, without binging or anything (I eat healthy almost always). I *need* to keep my starchy carbs strictly for after workouts.
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Does anyone know if this would work with regular almond flour? I don’t know if it’s blanched or not…it’s just the same kind I have been using for all the other recipes but I don’t remember those calling for “blanched”??
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prague, czech republic
Regular almond flour should be from blanched almonds with removed fat. If yours is almost white, then it is the same as mentioned in this recipe 🙂
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Thanks LVICOUN!!
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Hallo to all,
what a wonderful recept 🙂 Yummi…
I have one question (ore some) …
Often is an ingredient almond flour. Which one do you use?
It´s not so easy to get it in Austria and there are different kinds.
Is it flour of deoiled almonds which are pressed? Or can I use almonds which are mixed?
Thank´s for answering 🙂
Best wishes from Austria 🙂