A delightful blend of apples, cranberries, and oats. Perfect for Christmas, this easy-to-prepare dessert adds a festive touch to the classic apple crisp, bringing warmth and sweetness, with a hint of something tart, to your holiday celebrations.

Recipe Type: Dessert | Serves: 8

Filling

• Apples: 6-8, sliced (depending on size of apples)

• Cranberries: 1 cup, fresh or frozen

• Honey or Maple Syrup: 1/2 cup

• Flour: 2 tbsp

• Orange Juice: 1/4 cup

• Vanilla Extract: 1 tsp

• Cinnamon: 1 tsp

• Star anise: for garnish

• Cinnamon Sticks: for garnish

Topping

• Flour: 1/2 cup

• Rolled Oats: 1/2 cup

• Cane Sugar: 1/2 cup

• Cinnamon: 1 tsp

• Nutmeg: 1/2 tsp

• Salt: a pinch

• Olive Oil or Melted Butter: 2 tbsp

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350, and lightly grease your pie pan.

2. Combine the filling ingredients in a bowl, and toss to combine. Transfer into greased pie pan.

3. In another bowl, combine topping ingredients. Mix together with 2 forks until it looks like coarse crumbs. Sprinkle on top of filling and pat down gently if needed.

4. Bake until top is golden brown, around 35 mins and the filling is bubbling.

5. Garnish with star anise and cinnamon sticks. Serve warm and enjoy!

I love to use a variety of apples, I find it gives the best flavour!

Serves well with a scoop of vegan vanilla bean ice cream!