June 17, 2008

Gluten free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Nut Free Super Tasty Apple Crisp

It seems like people with food "issues" tend to find each other all over the place, and sometimes you find the right people to be friends with. I'm lucky enough to have friends like this.

Combined our children are gluten free, dairy free, nut free, and egg free due to Celiac disease and food allergies. It is so nice to have friends who are dealing with the same types of things you are because you know there is one safe place for them to have slumber parties, one set of parents who get how important it is to keep your kid away from those foods. Anyhow I'm thankful to have friends like this.

Believe it or not we actually go out to eat and have each other over for dinner. And yes figuring out what everyone can eat is actually quite a process but its also fun. I tasted a full of gluten, nuts, and dairy apple crisp the other day and decided that this would be an easy one to change into an "Allergy Free" tasty treat!

My friends son is allergic to wheat, dairy, nuts, oats, and eggs and her daughter is allergic to Dairy and eggs so I get to play around with lots of fun allergy recipes when they come over for dinner. Anyhow I made a great gluten free, dairy free, egg free, nut free apple crisp that was really good :)

Here is the recipe:


3 Cups Apples, sliced (I just got the presliced apples take the skins off if you have the time)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup melted butter substitute (I used Earth Balance® Natural Buttery Sticks)
1/4 cup rice flour or corn starch
2 TBS apple pie spice
1 package of crushed Enjoy life no oats oatmeal cookies


Combine apples, brown sugar, butter, flour and apple pie spice in a large bowl.
Pour into a 9X13 baking dish. bake covered for 15 minutes at 350.
Uncover and top with no oats oatmeal and bake for 5-10 minutes.

I served it with real vanilla ice cream (for those of us who can eat dairy) and NadaMoo vanilla ice cream for the others and it was really good. My friend made it for a family potluck and tried it with a vanilla rice ice cream from Good Karma Foods and said that was really tasty too.