This Swedish Apple Pie is somewhere between a pie and an apple crisp. Buttery and delicious, and totally perfect with cardamom and cinnamon infused apples! Add some Ice cream too!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Keyword: apple, cardamom, crisp, fall desserts, pie, Swedish
Calories:
Author: Kim Lange
Ingredients
Apple Layer
4cupsfirm baking apples4 medium apples, peeled, cored and chopped to 1/4" chunks
2teaspoonsground cinnamon
¾teaspoonground cardamom
1tablespoongranulated sugar
Topping
10tablespoonsbuttermelted or your oil of choice
½cupgranulated sugar
¼cupmaple syrup
1 ½tablespoonsvanilla extract
1 ¼cupsold-fashioned rolled oats or gluten free oats
¾cup+ 1 1/2 tablespoons oat flour or gluten-free oat flour
½teaspoonbaking powder
¼teaspoonsalt
Optional: 1/2 cup walnutschopped
Instructions
For the pie
Preheat oven at 350 and butter a 9" deep dish pie pan.
In a large mixing bowl, stir together the apple chunks, cinnamon, cardamom and sugar. (and nuts, optional)
In another large mixing bowl, stir together the melted butter or oil, sugar, maple syrup and vanilla extract.
Add in the oats, oat flour, baking powder and salt and stir just until combined.
Spread the apples evenly over the bottom of the prepared pie pan then spread the oat topping over the apples.
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until well browned.
Serve warm, room temperature or cold.
Cover and store at room temperature for up to 2 days. Refrigerate after that.
Notes
You can make oat flour with oatmeal by using a food processor or blender to grind them up if you don't have oat flour on hand.