Gluten Free Apple Tart

With fall comes apples, and with apples comes endless possibilities. They can be enjoyed raw, pressed into a juice, pureed into a sauce, sweetened into an apple butter, chopped up into a cake, and, of course, made into a marvelous apple tart.

This apple tart provides plenty of fiber from the apples and almonds, along with manganese, vitamin E, magnesium, and protein. More good news about this apple tart: it’s gluten free. And easy. If you can dump ingredients into a food processor, you can do this.

The ingredients:

Crust

• 1 1/2 cups almonds
• 3 tbsp butter, melted
• 3 tbsp brown sugar

Filling

• 3 apples, sliced into wedges or chopped
• 1 tsp butter
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. For the crust, add the almonds to a food processor and process until fine.
3. Add the melted butter and brown sugar to the almonds and process until mixed.
4. Press the crust mixture into an ungreased pie pan
5. Place crust in oven for about 5 minutes
6. For the filling, melt the butter in a medium saucepan and heat the apples until tender (8-10 minutes)
7. Add the sugar and spices to the apples
8. Place apple filling in crust and place into oven for another 10-15 minutes, until edges are brown

Fuji apples, one of my favorites~

Process almonds to a fine, grainy texture

Crust mixture, mixed and ready

A spoon is great for pressing the crust; otherwise, hands work well, too.

A delicious apple tart is minutes away.~