We had a wonderful time with our family this weekend, but our trip was shortened by a pesky website hacker!
Part of Eric’s job involves supporting a couple major websites (that receive between 1-15 million hits per day), one of which got hacked on Friday. He spent all night Friday, Saturday morning, and Saturday afternoon fixing the security breach. Instead of staying overnight at my brother’s like we planned, we had to leave late Saturday night so Eric could get back to work on Sunday.
It was a very short stay for 4 hours of driving, but it was still a nice visit. My niece and nephew LOVED the Spring Chick Cupcakes too. :)
Cheep, cheep!
I was feeling bad for Eric Sunday morning because he wasn’t having the most restful weekend and he was exhausted. I decided to surprise him with this breakfast apple crisp to cheer him up.
Who couldn’t be cheered up by a warm apple crisp, I ask?
Chop, chop!
I timed the prep time for this recipe and it was about 25 minutes. Probably less if you aren’t taking pictures. ;)
Mix all the filling ingredients into a large bowl and set aside.
Now lightly process 1 cup almonds, until it looks like this:
Pulse in the rest of the topping ingredients: oats, olive oil, vanilla, Sucanat (or sugar), pure maple syrup, and a pinch of salt.
It will look very crumbly like this:
Take 1/2 cup of the topping and stir it into the apple filling. Pour into your prepared casserole dish.
Sprinkle on the topping and bake COVERED at 400F for 40 minutes. If you do not cover it the topping will burn.
Voila! A healthier apple crisp that you can enjoy for breakfast.
This crisp is by no means a traditional apple crisp in taste or texture, but we still enjoyed it. The almond topping is very chewy and provides healthy fats, protein, fibre, copper, calcium, magnesium, and B2. I liked that it wasn’t very sugary and could be enjoyed for breakfast without weighing me down.
I’m feeling really behind already today, so I better get rolling! Have a good one. :)