"Apple, cranberry, and cinnamon: the perfect combination of tastes and scents for winter holidays!
I took a bit of carbohydrate liberties with this recipe. The entire recipe yields a delicious cheesecake-like crumble with 59 “net” grams carbohydrates (total carbs – fibre); divided among 10 slices, that’s 5.9 grams net carbs per serving. (To reduce carbohydrates, the molasses in the crumble is optional, reducing total carbohydrate by 11 grams.)
Always taste your batter to test sweetness, since sweeteners vary in sweetness from brand to brand and your individual sensitivity to sweetness depends on how long you’ve been wheat-free/low carb. (The longer you’ve been wheat-free, the less sweetness you desire.)
Makes 10 servings
Crust and crumble topping:
3 cups almond meal *
1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter, softened
1/4 cup Virtue Sweetener (or other sweetener equivalent to 1 cup sugar)
1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon molasses
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Dash sea salt
Filling:
Filling:
16 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons Virtue Sweetener (or other sweetener equivalent to ½ cup sugar)
1 Granny Smith apple (or other variety)
1 cup fresh cranberries
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350° F. 180º C. Gas Mark 4
2. In large bowl, combine almond meal, butter, sweetener, cinnamon, molasses, vanilla, salt and mix.
3. Grease a 9½-inch tart or pie pan. Using approximately 1 cup of the almond meal mixture, form a thin bottom crust with your hands or spoon. (Dip hands or spoon in water to smooth more easily.)
4. In another medium-sized bowl, combine cream cheese, eggs, and sweetener and mix with spoon or mixer at low-speed. Pour into tart or pie pan.
5. Core apple and slice into very thin sections. Arrange in circles around the edge of the cream cheese mixture, working inwards. Distribute cranberries over top, then sprinkle cinnamon over entire mixture.
6. Gently layer remaining almond meal crumble evenly over top. Bake for 30 minutes or until topping lightly browned."
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350° F. 180º C. Gas Mark 4
2. In large bowl, combine almond meal, butter, sweetener, cinnamon, molasses, vanilla, salt and mix.
3. Grease a 9½-inch tart or pie pan. Using approximately 1 cup of the almond meal mixture, form a thin bottom crust with your hands or spoon. (Dip hands or spoon in water to smooth more easily.)
4. In another medium-sized bowl, combine cream cheese, eggs, and sweetener and mix with spoon or mixer at low-speed. Pour into tart or pie pan.
5. Core apple and slice into very thin sections. Arrange in circles around the edge of the cream cheese mixture, working inwards. Distribute cranberries over top, then sprinkle cinnamon over entire mixture.
6. Gently layer remaining almond meal crumble evenly over top. Bake for 30 minutes or until topping lightly browned."
Both this recipe, and a low carb Cranberry sauce recipe, can be seen here
If you need help with weight/measurement conversion, see here
Looking through this blog (and inter-net) you will find many recipes that use low carb flours*, and often when you first start a low carb diet, you may feel confused with which low carb flours to use. You may never have used any of them before and how to use them properly can be daunting. Low carb flours don’t behave like wheat flour, and how to use them in your old regular high carb recipes is a common question.
Libby, at 'Ditch The Carbs' site has a very good article called, 'The Ultimate Guide To Low Carb Flours', which I'm sure many readers will find both interesting and helpful ... you can find it here
All the best Jan
18 comments:
YUM!
...apple and cranberry, what a great combination.
Looks beautiful and delicious! Happy New Year!!
Happy 2020 year, may all your wishes be fulfilled.
Greetings from Salamanca.
Looks delicious!
Sounds great! Happy New year! Valerie
Apple and cranberry are a match made in heaven. Cinnamon is a total 'comfort' aroma for me too.
Another one that sounds delicious...
Delicious! Happy New Year!Hugs!
Jan - what could be better than apple and cranberry, together?!? Happy New Year to you and Eddie!
Yum...yum...yum!
I really like the idea of using a cream cheese base with an apple and cranberry topping along with the almond flour crumble, it all sounds quite delicious! Thank you for sharing such a lovely recipe!
Se ve muy buena. Feliz 2020.
sounds so yummy!! i make an apple crumble/crisp...it's a little different than this!!!
That sounds delicious! I like apple and cranberry together.
Thank you so much for this Jan, I do love my cinnamon. A very happy and healthy 2020 to you all xx
Really yummy!
It sounds good.
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