Apple Crumble (without sugar!)

About 2 weeks ago I promised to post the apple crumble recipe and here is, but with no sugar! I had to change my diet quite drastically, as I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes last week. It will go away after the pregnancy, but until then only the food without sugar will work for me. The good thing about this limitation is that I get to try new ways of preparing desserts, being the apple crumble one of them. I actually think this dessert is one of the healthiest one can have, and now it´s even more!

The recipe is super simple and it goes very well with yogurt instead of ice cream or on its own. I take just a bit longer to prepare the apple crumble because I like to cook the apple first and make a puree of it instead of just shredding and cook it directly once in the oven.  

Ingredients:

For the apple puree

- 8 to 10 red small apples (if you prefer more, not a problem)
- 1 cinnamon stick 
- few drops of lemon juice

For the crumble

- 100 gr of flour
- 50gr of soft butter
- about 60 gr of macadamia nuts to replace the sugar (if you can´t resist it, then it´s 50 gr of sugar)

First peel and cut the apples. As you do it put them in water with a few drops of lemon so that they don´t turn black. Drain the water, put the apples in a pan with the cinnamon stick and let them cook at a low heat for about 20 to 25 minutes until they get soft.

While the apple is cooking, prepare the crumble by mixing all the ingredients in a blender. Put the crumble aside and once the apples are cooked blend them too.

Pre-heat the oven at 180º. Pour the apple puree into a tray and the crumble on top, without pressing it! Pop the tray into the oven and let it stay there for about 15 to 20 minutes until the crumble gets golden.

Hope you like the alternative option to the sugar! I loved it and with yogurt even more!