Glutard, Lactard, Diabetic...everything friendly Apple & Pear Crumble

I don't know about you but I LOVE Apple Crumble, it's pretty much my all time fave dessert! This one that I made was a bit of a last minute decision and I had to mostly use things I found in my parents pantry (bless parents, they always seem to have more than I do!).
I decided to make this dessert using Dairy-Free spread as our friends daughter has an intolerance to dairy and egg and I do with lactose but...I don't really stick to a dairy free diet (oops) I just love milk and cheese SO much! It's a sad, sad life being a Lactard. I like the Olive version of Nuttelex, I found the normal version of it to taste a bit fake but at least this one has a bit of flavour, when you're intolerant to things you've got to get flavour where you can!
 I missed the usual buttery taste in the crumble but I added in extra flavour by using extra Cinnamon and Coconut in the crumble. I also opted not to use flour in the crumble either..this was basically because I forgot but it worked out just as well.

My secret weapon!

My Dad is Diabetic so I thought while I was at it I might as well exclude the copious amounts of sugar that you usually put into a crumble. I was pretty excited to find some interesting porridge mixes that we had obviously bought but not used, I found a Date and Oats mix that I thought would go really well in the crumble and that fixed my problem of not having enough sugar in the mix.
Serves 8
Ingredients:
Crumble:
1 Cup of Shredded Coconut
2 Sachets of Uncle Toby's Date & Oat porridge (Probably the equivalent of 2 cups of oats..I didn't really use measurements)
1/2 a cup of Nuttlex (melted)
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 tablespoon of Cinnamon
Apple and Pear Filling:
5 Jazz apples
4 green pears
1 tablespoon of Cinnamon
1 teaspoon of sugar
Method:
- Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees.

- Fill a medium saucepan with about 5 cups of water adding cinnamon and sugar to the water, bringing to the boil so it has time to infuse.

-Peel and chop apples and pears fairly thick and add to the boiling water leaving them for 5 minutes or until soft.
- Strain apples and pears and place in a baking dish (I opted for a round baking dish but you could use any really)
- For the crumble add the dry ingredients (Oats, Sugar, Cinnamon and Coconut) together in a mixing bowl
- Melt the Nuttelex in microwave for 30 seconds and pour in with dry ingredients
- Mix until all ingredients are combined and pour over the top of apples and pears until they are completely covered.
- Turn the oven down to 150 degrees and bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden.
- Serve with yoghurt, ice cream (soy if you are a Lactard) or cream.

I added the Cinnamon and Sugar to the water instead of adding after I had boiled the apple & pear so the flavour would soak in, it worked really well!

Before

After! Yum!

Enjoy!
JK. xx