Healthy Apple Crisp With Oats – Roots and Radishes

This healthy apple crisp recipe with oat topping is the perfect balance of indulgent and wholesome! It maintains that classic apple crisp flavor while a few ingredient swaps increase the nutrient density, while still remembering that this is dessert at the end of the day (so let’s make it taste like one!). The perfect sweet treat for your fall or holiday table.

After a summer full of strawberry crisp and homemade peach crisp, this healthy apple crisp is a welcome treat come fall and holiday season! It has a saucy and cinnamon-spiked filling with a nicely textured, thick layer of apple crisp topping with oats, all while using wholesome, real ingredients.

Healthy desserts shouldn’t pretend to be something they’re not (i.e. desserts), so there are a few ways we can make an apple crisp more wholesome and still keep that classic flavor. For one, butter and brown sugar are an unbeatable combination, so we’re keeping those! But we can still include some nutrient dense swaps throughout: white whole wheat flour, plenty of oats and chopped nuts in the topping, plus maple syrup to sweeten the filling and give it that delightful saucy texture.

This apple crisp recipe is the perfect way to use apples in fall, or to add a wholesome yet indulgent dessert to your Thanksgiving menu. Let’s make it!