Peanut Butter Apple Crumble Pie Recipe: Dairy-Free & Vegan!

Piled high with autumn apples and topped with a peanut buttery crumble, this dessert makes a great after-school treat. Or, you can serve it as a special twist on holiday apple pie.

Vegan Peanut Butter Apple Crumble Pie Recipe Alisa L. created this peanut butter apple crumble pie, which won a “PB My Way” regional recipe contest. The recipe with photo was shared with us by the Southern Peanut Growers.

Special Diet Notes & Options: Peanut Butter Apple Crumble Pie

By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, soy-free, tree nut-free, vegan, and vegetarian.

For a peanut-free apple crumble pie, substitute sunflower seed butter or pea butter for the peanut butter and omit the peanuts.

For a gluten-free peanut butter apple crumble pie, use your favorite gluten-free pie crust, and substitute your favorite gluten-free flour blend for the all-purpose flour in the filling and crumble.

Peanut Butter Apple Crumble Pie

Prep time

30 mins

Cook time

60 mins

Total time

1 hour 30 mins

This was a contest-winning recipe created by Alisa L.for the PB My Way recipe contest. It has been adapted for dairy free and vegan.

Author: Alisa L.

Serves: 8 pieces

Ingredients

Prepared dairy-free pie crust

Apple Filling

7 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
⅔ cup sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Peanut Butter Crumble

¾ cup rolled oats
½ cup all-purpose flour
⅓ cup brown sugar
¼ cup dairy-free buttery spread (can sub coconut oil)
¼ cup peanut butter
Chopped peanuts (optional)

Instructions

Bake the pie crust as instructed by the recipe or package.
Preheat your oven to 350ºF.
To make the apple filling, put the apples, sugar, flour, and lemon juice in a large bowl. Stir until the ingredients are well distributed.
Spoon the apple mixture into the baked pie crust.
To make the peanut butter crumble, put the oats, flour, and brown sugar in a medium bowl and whisk to combine.
Add the buttery spread and peanut butter and whisk until pea-sized crumbs form.
Sprinkle the crumble over the apples. Don’t worry if it appears tall; the apples will cook down .
Cover the pie crust edge with foil.
Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, removing the foil in the last 15 minutes.
Garnish the pie with chopped peanuts, if desired.