Pear and apple crisp is one of my favorite desserts. In fact I am eating it right now as I write this post. And it is Y U M M Y!
A lot of apple crisp recipes call for lots of butter and sugar. I try to avoid butter and keep my sugar intake to a minimum. So I nixed the butter and used honey instead of the sugar. Pears and apples are so sweet on their own they really don’t need the extra sugar.
I topped mine with a little vanilla ice cream and cinnamon. That is completely optional, but highly recommended 🙂
Ingredients
For the Crisp
- 3 apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
- 3 pears, peeled, cored, and sliced
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 1 teaspoon vanilla vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon corn starch
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
For the Topping
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon honey, warmed
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Dash of salt
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
Directions
- Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a cast iron skillet or baking dish spray with non stick cooking spray and set aside.
For the Crisp
- In a large bowl add sliced apples, pears, lemon, vanilla extract, and honey. Mix until coated. In a separate small bowl mix flour, corn starch, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Add flour mixture to apples and pears and mix until coated. Spread evenly into cast iron skillet or baking dish.
For the Topping
- In a bowl mix rolled oats, honey, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and melted coconut oil.
- Add topping to to apples and pears in the skillet or baking dish and bake for 45-50 minutes and topping is nice and brown.
- Top with ice cream (optional).
Enjoy!
looks like a yummy recipe for fall!