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Gluten-Free Winter Fruit Crisp with Gingerbread Crumble | The Recipe ReDux

Gluten-Free Winter Fruit Crisp with Gingerbread Crumble | The Recipe ReDux

Get cozy with this pear and apple crisp with gingerbread topping – perfect for the holidays or cold weather meals.

Get cozy with this pear and apple crisp with gingerbread topping - perfect for the holidays or cold weather meals. Recipe at Teaspoonofspice.com

Do you remember your first cookbook? Or perhaps the cookbook you turn to again and again as a trusted resource? The Fanny Farmer Cookbook (<— affiliate link) has been that resource ever since my mom gifted a copy to me in my early 20s.

Easy cold weather dessert: Winter Fruit Crisp with Gingerbread Crumble via @tspbasil #thereciperedux Click To Tweet

So when I saw this month’s Recipe ReDux theme, I figured I’d break out my trusted Fanny Farmer:

Grab a Book and Cook

We’re playing a little party game at the end of 2017: Grab your nearest cookbook and ReDux the recipe on page 201, 17, 217 – or any combination of the number ‘2017.’ 

Page 217 had recipes for Liver Sauteed in Butter and Liver Venetian Style. —>Hard pass.

Page 712 featured a basic fruit crisp. —>Much better.

Get cozy with this pear and apple crisp with gingerbread topping - perfect for the holidays or cold weather meals. Recipe at Teaspoonofspice.com

All summer long, fruit crisp is my go-to dessert because I always have a variety of fresh fruit around and it’s a recipe I can whip up easily with ingredients in my cabinet. But it’s rarely something I make in the colder months.

Until now.

I’m a gingerbread freak and to get my gingerbread fix regularly (without overloading on calories), I often add a drizzle of molasses and a few shakes of ground ginger and cinnamon to lattes, smoothies or oatmeal this time of year.

So, with some apples and pears on hand and gingerbread flavors on my mind, I came up with this recipe including a molasses whipped cream.

Let’s just say I may be putting a drizzle of molasses in every batch of whipped cream I make moving forward – it’s that good.

Molasses whipped cream for this pear and apple crisp with gingerbread topping - perfect for the holidays or cold weather meals. Recipe at TeaspoonofSpice.com

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Get cozy with this pear and apple crisp with gingerbread topping - perfect for the holidays or cold weather meals. Recipe at Teaspoonofspice.com

Gluten-Free Winter Fruit Crisp with Gingerbread Crumble | The Recipe ReDux


  • Author: Deanna Segrave-Daly

Description

Get cozy with this gluten-free pear and apple crisp with gingerbread topping – perfect for the holidays or cold weather meals.


Ingredients

Scale

For the fruit:

  • 5 cups diced apples and pears (about 4 large or 5 small pieces of fruit)
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch

For the crumble:

  • 1 cup gluten-free oats
  • 1/4 cup finely crushed almonds or almond flour
  • 2 tablespoons ground golden flaxseed
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter

For whipped cream:

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon molasses

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix together apples, pears, 2 tablespoons molasses and 1/4 teaspoon ginger.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk together water and cornstarch. Pour into fruit mixture and mix well.
  4. Place fruit mixture into an 8×8-inch baking dish and set aside.
  5. In the same bowl, mix together oats, crushed almonds, golden flaxseed, 2 tablespoons molasses, 1/4 teaspoon ginger, cinnamon and salt. Cut butter into small pieces and mix into oat mixture until it resembles a crumble.
  6. Sprinkle crumble on top of fruit and bake for 25-28 minutes until fruit is bubbling and topping is crisp.
  7. Remove from oven.
  8. Using a stand mixer or a hand mixer, whip the heavy cream until soft peaks just start to form. Slowly drizzle the molasses into the cream and whip until stiff peaks form.
  9. Serve warm with a dollop of molasses whipped cream and an additional drizzle of molasses, if you wish.

Get cozy with this pear and apple crisp with gingerbread topping - perfect for the holidays or cold weather meals. Recipe at Teaspoonofspice.com

And here’s a Facebook Live video showcase the 3 ways you can make any fruit crisp recipe better-for-you.

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Get cozy with this pear and apple crisp with gingerbread topping - perfect for the holidays or cold weather meals. Recipe at Teaspoonofspice.com

Anna

Tuesday 9th of January 2018

This looks delish especially for GF households like mine.

Farrah

Sunday 24th of December 2017

I always love a good fruit crisp, but they're especially delicious in the wintertime! :]

Joanna Baker

Thursday 21st of December 2017

this looks so yummy! and I was just looking for a Christmas dessert! Thank you x

Deanna Segrave-Daly

Thursday 21st of December 2017

Yay! Would make a lovely Christmas dessert (or breakfast - I definitely had it for breakfast a few times!)

Rebecca

Thursday 21st of December 2017

YUP this looks WAY better than liver! I've got a bunch of farmers market apples that I need to eat, this is the perfect recipe for them.

Deanna Segrave-Daly

Thursday 21st of December 2017

Love how we both did gingerbread themes for ReDux and yeah.... gingerbread or liver? HA!

REBECCA

Thursday 21st of December 2017

I grew up learning to cook largely from Fanny Farmers! It was a favorite and I don't refer back to it as often as I definitely could. I had to smile at your hard pass of liver too, and I tend to agree, but there's a whole camp of ladies in my nutrition program who are into making and recommending liver shots--so I guess to each their own! :)

Deanna Segrave-Daly

Thursday 21st of December 2017

Oh, I love hearing this (about you learning to cook from Fanny Farmers - not necessarily the liver shots #shudder)

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