Ingredients

  • 2 pounds Peeled, Cored, And Thinly Sliced Granny Smith Apples
  • 1 Tablespoon Arrowroot Powder, Or Cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
  • 2 Tablespoons Cane Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 2 Tablespoons Creamy Natural Unsweetened Peanut Butter
  • 2 Tablespoons Brown Rice Syrup
  • 1/3 cups Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
  • 1/3 cups Lightly Packed Brown Sugar
  • 1/3 cups Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
  • 1/3 cups Roughly Chopped Roasted Unsalted Peanuts
  • 1/4 teaspoons Salt
  • 1/3 cups Creamy Natural Unsweetened Peanut Butter

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9 inch pie plate (you could also use an 8 x 8 inch baking pan).
  • In a large bowl, combine the sliced peeled apples, arrowroot, lemon juice, sugar, and cinnamon. Use your hands to combine. Pour apple mixture into the prepared baking dish.
  • In a small nonstick saucepan set over medium-low heat, combine 2 Tablespoons of peanut butter and brown rice syrup. Heat, stirring slowly but constantly, until the mixture becomes smooth and drippy, about 1-2 minutes; do not let boil. Remove peanut butter caramel from heat and drizzle evenly over the apples.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, rolled oats, chopped peanuts, and salt. Add in the remaining 1/3 cup peanut butter and work it into the dry ingredients using your fingertips. Mixture should resemble coarse sand with pebbles strewn throughout.
  • Evenly distribute the crisp topping over the peanut butter caramel-drizzled apples.
  • Bake for 40 minutes, or until the crisp topping is golden brown. Check about halfway through; if crisp topping is browning too fast, tent with aluminum foil for remainder of baking time.
  • Serve warm topped with vanilla ice cream, or straight from the fridge with Greek yogurt the following morning!
  • Nutritional Information Per Serving:
  • 283.3 calories, 10.9 grams fat, 2.1 grams saturated fat, 5.6 grams fiber, 28.7 grams sugar, 6.2 grams protein