Quick Healthy Apple Crumble

Growing up, I remember looking forward to enjoying a big bowl of apple crumble topped with vanilla icecream.  I wanted to replicate those flavors that bring happiness to us all and didn't want to feel so guilty eating a big bowl of it. This was a total accomplishment because it delivered the flavors and brought me back to those warm memories.
Yield: 1 medium sized casserole dish (8x12in)
You will need:
Filling:
-5 peeled and chopped small apples
-1 tablespoon maple syrup (sweetener of choice)
-2 teaspoons cinnamon
Crumble:
-1 1/2 cup oats/steel cut oats
-1 teaspoon cinnamon
-1/2 cup dried mulberries
-1/4 cup date paste (sweetener of choice)
-1/4 cup melted coconut oil
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350degrees
2. Mix all the filling ingredients in your casserole dish and set aside
3. Using a food processor, blend the oats and cinnamon together until it turns into a crumbly mix
4. Add in the mulberries, coconut oil and date paste and blend until a crumbly dough forms
5. Using your fingers, crumble the mix over the chopped apples so that it covers the apples
6. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, cover loosely with aluminum foil afterwards and bake for another 20 minutes to avoid the top from browning too much
7. Enjoy warm as is or top with a spoon of your favorite vanilla icecream!
*You could try the ratio of 1 cup of oats and 1/2 cup mulberries to make the crumble a little chewier... play around with the quantities!
*Use nuts if you'd like instead of the mulberries
*Add any fix-ins you'd like (raisins, shredded coconut, chocolate, nuts

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