As delicious as a classic apricot crumble, this recipe is gluten free and vegan. This gluten free crumble can be made with tinned or fresh apricots.
Crumble is definitely my kids favourite dessert.
It's delicious whatever fruit you add, you can use a range of flours for the topping and you can add in nutritious extras like oats or chopped nuts.
This crumble recipe is gluten free. I made it using the The Free From Fairy* gluten free flour blend, which is packed full of nutritious ingredients.
Whether you're gluten free or not I would recommend it to anyone as a way to eat a variety of different grains - the flour includes teff, sorghum and buckwheat as well as tapioca and potato starch.
Equipment
You will need:
- a sharp knife (to chop the apricots)
- a chopping board
- weighing scales (I prefer digital)
- mixing bowl
- wooden spoon
- medium oven proof dish
Ingredients for gluten free apricot crumble
For full recipe, ingredients and quantities go to the printable recipe card at the end of this post.
- Apricots
You can use fresh when they're in season or tinned when they're not. - Plain flour
I used a gluten free flour blend. - Dairy free block butter
I like Naturli vegan block butter. You can make this with the type of spread that comes in a tub but I find the block butter is easier to rub in to the flour for the crumble topping. - Light brown sugar
I have kept the quantity quite small as the fruit is sweet enough for my children. If you're looking for a refined sugar free crumble try my healthy apple crumble with maple topping. It can also be made with gluten free flour. - Oats
I often add oats to my crumble topping for some extra texture and nutrition. Buy gluten free oats if needed. You can also use chopped nuts or seeds instead if you prefer.
What to serve with crumble
Crumble is delicious served with custard, cream or ice cream.
There are excellent dairy free versions of all of these on the market now. I like Oatly vegan cream and custard and we usually buy Swedish Glace vanilla ice cream.
If you'd like to have a try at making your own vegan custard this recipe by Domestic Gothess is on my list to try.
Crumble is great for making with kids
This is a great recipe to make with kids as well. Miss R, 4, de-stoned and chopped all the apricots and helped me to rub the flour and butter together to make the topping.
She loves cooking so much and always wants to help. I hope this love of cooking lasts her whole life.
About Free From Fairy flour
When her daughter was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease Vicki from The Free From Fairy* was unhappy with the gluten free flours on the market.
A scientist professionally, she developed her own blend of flour and is now a successful business owner. The Free From Fairy wholegrain, gluten-free flour blend is available on Vicki's site*.
Make ahead
You can make the crumble and the topping ahead of time.
If making more than an hour or two in advance I would recommend storing both the prepared apricots and the crumble topping separately in the fridge and then assembling when ready to cook.
Storage
If you have leftover crumble you can store it in the fridge when cool. Reheat until piping hot in the microwave or oven. Alternatively you can enjoy it cold.
Freezing
Crumble topping freezes very well. I often make double the amount needed for a recipe and freeze the rest for the future.
You can freeze this crumble either cooked or uncooked. However, the crumble topping can seep into the fruit and go a bit soggy so where possible I recommend freezing the fruit and the topping separately.
More crumble recipes you might like
If you like this you might like the following recipes. Most of these recipes can be made with gluten free flour.
How to make gluten free apricot crumble
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan)/200°C/gas mark 6.
- If your apricots are fresh cut them into quarters, removing the stones as you go. For tinned apricots, drain them and cut into quarters.
- Place 500g prepared apricots in a baking dish.
- Rub together 110g plain gluten free flour and 75g dairy free butter with your fingertips until you have the consistency of breadcrumbs.
- Stir through 50g light brown soft sugar and 40g oats.
- Pour over the top of the apricots.
- Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.
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Gluten free apricot crumble
Equipment
- Chopping board
- Knife
- Wooden spoon
- Medium oven proof dish
Ingredients
- 500 g apricots tinned or fresh
- 110 g gluten free plain flour*
- 75 g vegan butter preferably the kind in a block
- 50 g light brown soft sugar
- 40 g oats gluten free if needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan)/200°C/gas mark 6.
- If your apricots are fresh cut them into quarters, removing the stones as you go. For tinned apricots, drain them and cut into quarters.
- Place 500g prepared apricots in a baking dish.
- Rub together 110g plain gluten free flour and 75g vegan butter with your fingertips until you have the consistency of breadcrumbs.
- Stir through 50g light brown soft sugar and 40g oats and pour over the top of the apricots.
- Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.
Notes
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*Disclaimer: I received a bag of flour from The Free From Fairy to try out for this blog post. I received no payment for the post and all opinions are honest and my own.
Eb Gargano
Sounds like a great flour - I totally agree with you that we should try and eat a wide variety of foods and I often find 'gluten free' things actually taste nicer and more interesting than stuff made with boring old refined white flour! And huge kudos to Vicki for making her own solution to a problem - that is truly awesome! My dream would be to create a healthy food outlet in all motorway service stations - but I fear it may take 'slightly' more capital than I currently have!! 😉 This sounds like a fab crumble. My favourite crumble ever is peach crumble made with oats, but I'm not sure I've ever made an apricot crumble - no idea why not! I shall have to rectify that! Eb x
jenny paulin
this looks very nice - and how amazing that a blogger has launched her own brand of GF baking ingredients. amazing x
Mandy Mazliah
I know Jenny! I am so impressed with everything Vicki has done X
Vicki Montague
Thank you so much for testing out the flour. Let me know if you make anything else with it. You might enjoy my baguettes...recipe on the blog x
Mandy Mazliah
Thanks Vicki - will check it out!