Happy Friday! I’m sitting here at a hotel in New York City, so I can’t stay long. I’ve got a whole city to explore! A few friends and I are spending a long weekend here, shopping, eating, exploring, and picture taking. It’s definitely my type of weekend 
Anyways, I do have a new recipe for you! After our apple picking adventures, I have an abundance of apples sitting on my fridge. I absolutely love apples so it’s not really an issue, but I figured I should at least try some fun new recipes. Wednesday night I was in a baking mood, but since I was leaving for NYC on Thursday, I didn’t want to bake massive quantities of anything.
Seemed like a good time to play with some single serving recipes!
Single Serving Apple Crisp
[Vegan]
- 1 large apple
- 2 tsp flour
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp Earth Balance butter (or regular butter)
- 1 tbsp whole grain oats (I used steel cut)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Peel and chop your apple into small pieces (I did thin slices, halved). Put those into a small oven safe dish. I used a large ramekin. Combine the flour and brown sugar, and then use a fork to cut in the butter until it’s crumbly. Add oats and cinnamon and then pour it over the apples. I only had steel cut oats on hand, but I think regular rolled oats would be even better. Bake at 350 for about 20-25 minutes. When I made this, I split it into 2 ramekins, and made 2 mini servings (one for me, one for Lindsay!)
Nutritional info: 190 calories, 4g fat, 4g fiber, 1g protein.
i have been looking for a good recipe for a healthy (<200 calorie) apple crisp like this. seriously. you read my mind. consider this tonight's dessert (with an added squirt of whipped cream!)
Sounds Delish, but don’t see the baking temp/time? Thanks b
Oops! Just added it in
20-25min at 350 degrees!
Apple butter! I keep seeing amazing recipes for slow cooked apple butter…..yum! Enjoy NYC Liz!! X
Love the taste of baked apples, and this is perfect to satisfy the craving without having to deal with leftovers
Enjoy my favorite city in the world (aka my home)!
For really great vegetarian/vegan options, you should check out the Candlelight Cafe and Dirt Candy.. And make sure you see things that are not super touristy- the real awesomeness of the city lays behind all those tourist traps.
I love you for this! Because if I make a regular apple crisp, I can and will eat the whole thing. At once. No shame. But isn’t exactly an everyday thing to do ;D
Yum! I will definitely be trying this!
Such a great idea! And looks so easy too. Love it.
Looks so delicious and simple! I know it’s getting chilly and warm dishes are much more preferred, but I once made a killlller raw apple pie that is real easy to make and requires mass apples. The crust is just dates n’ almonds and you peel n’ slice a bunch of apples really thin, then coat with a blend of orange juice, cinnamon, more dates, nutmeg n’ raisins. Shhooot it’s so good! Here’s the recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3L4BDd4BrE
happy October!
I love single serving recipes, in fact it is what I use most! This recipe looks great, I will have to try it out!
Have a fabulous weekend!
I always make a big batch of cinnamon applesauce and pack it away in the fridge for baking. It keeps for months.
Oh that’s a great idea! I always forget I can use applesauce in recipes!!
Ooh, apple crisp is one of my favourite Fall recipes and I had been thinking about making a single serving. Thanks for the recipe!
Another idea for using up apples would be to chop them, add to cooked bulgur and simmer it with almond or hazelnut milk. Some slivered or chopped almonds and some cinnamon mixed in make this a dreamy fall breakfast or snack.
NYC – ahhh so fun! Lovely weekend adventure for sure, hope you had a blast
Cinnamon apples are a fave of mine too!
There are definitely too little single serving dessert posts out there. i dont have a big sweet tooth so I would definitely appreciate getting more of those recipes for the occasional treat… well this apple crips is not even a treat its that healthy
thanks for sharing!
I love to make applesauce. I use it in recipes in place of most butter and oil to add moisture. Also Taylor loves it so it doesn’t last long.
I like to make a little chopped salad with apples, celery and almonds maybe some berries and a pinch of cinnamon.
Yummy.
I used to just nuke an apple covered in cinnamon and nutmeg in the microwave without the oats or anything because I actually just like the filling part of apple pie. Is that weird?