Cranberry Apple Crisp

This healthy Cranberry Apple Crisp is bursting with flavor yet without all the sugar of traditional crisps.

Good for your heart.
Help prevent cancer.
Rich in antioxidants.
Promote a healthy digestive tract.
Help treat urinary tract infections.
Contain anti-inflammatory properties.
Protect the brain from neurological damage.

An amazing new drug?  Nope.  Just little cranberries.

These impressive berries are also high in fiber making them great for weight loss too.

Not Just for the Holidays!

The little berry with a big resume usually only makes a short appearance around Thanksgiving and Christmas; but that’s too bad because cranberries are great year round!

The good news is you can stock up on these health-promoting berries.  Pick up a few extra bags next time you’re in the produce section and stash them in your freezer where they’ll keep for over a year – so you can have cranberry muffins, cranberry pancakes, cranberry salad, cranberry bread, cranberry relish, cranberry jam, and this healthy cranberry apple crisp all year long!

The Whole Fruit and Nothing but the Fruit

Research shows that isolated phytonutrients from cranberries do not offer the same health benefits as the phytonutrients taken as a complete, synergistic group.

What does this mean in practical, plain English?

It means forget the supplements, skip the juice, and no need for the extract.  To get all the impressive health benefits of this superfood, you need to eat the whole berries. Since cranberries are quite tart, they’re best paired with a sweeter fruit (like apples) or baked in bread or muffins.

Healthy Cranberry Apple Crisp

Here’s a terrific cranberry recipe to help you get more of these fantastic little fruits in your diet. This Healthy Cranberry Apple Crisp is bursting with flavor (and nutrients!) yet without all the sugar of traditional crisps.

Cranberry Apple Crisp

Not only does this colorful crisp tastes terrific, but it’s full of fiber and other nutrients as well.

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Ingredients

TOPPING

• 1 3/4 cup regular rolled oats - gluten-free if desired
• 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour - (use a mixture of rice flour and sorghum flour to make this recipe gluten-free)
• 1/3 cup raw sugar, turbinado sugar, or evaporated cane juice - see note
• 1/2 teaspoon salt - scant
• 1/3 cup coconut oil
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 cup chopped raw walnuts - or other nut

FILLING

• 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
• 2 tablespoons organic cornstarch - or arrowroot powder
• 2 tablespoon frozen orange juice concentrate
• 2 tablespoons honey - or 1/4 cup sugar
• 6 medium firm, sweet apples - such as Gala or Braeburn

Instructions

• Place oats, flour, sugar, salt, and oil in food processor and pulse just until mixed. Mixture should resemble coarse crumbs. Do not over mix – you don’t want the oats to turn to flour.
• Add honey and pulse several times until mixed. Mixture should be crumbly, but moist. Add a tablespoon or so of water or apple juice if needed to make the mixture moist.
• Add nuts and process just until mixed. Set aside.
• Chop cranberries if desired. (This step is optional depending on if you want the cranberry flavor blended throughout the filling or just an occasional tart cranberry taste here and there.)
• Stir together cranberries, juice concentrate, sweetener, and cornstarch in a large mixing bowl.
• Wash apples. Peel if desired. Remove core and cut into thin slices or very small cubes. (I like to use my food chopper because it cuts the apples into small, uniform pieces in one-third of the time it takes me to cut them with a knife.)
• Add to mixing bowl. Mix well.
• Transfer apple mixture to an oiled 8-inch x 8-inch or 1 1/2-quart baking dish. Evenly distribute topping mixture over apples.
• Cover and bake at 350°F for 15 minutes. Remove cover and bake for an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until topping in nicely browned. Different varieties of honey will cause the topping to brown at different rates, so adjust baking time as needed. Serve warm or cold.

Notes

1. Regular rolled oats work best in this recipe, but quick-cooking oats will work fine too. Use gluten-free oats if desired.

2. If you’d like a less sweet crisp, eliminate or reduce the amount of sugar in the topping.

3. A food processor makes an easy job of mixing, but if you don’t have a food processor you can use a fork to mix the ingredients.

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