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Grain Free Caramel Apple Tart

November 21, 2014 by KimiHarris 17 Comments

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Grain Free Caramel Tart (egg free and dairy free too!)
This tart has a lovely shortbread crust, and a sweet apple filling made all the better with dairy free caramel sauce. Sweetened lightly with coconut sugar, this healthier treat was a real win in this household! You don’t have to have any food allergies to enjoy this, but it is to grain free and gluten free, dairy free, and egg free!

I have a sweet daughter who can’t have gluten, dairy or eggs, and sometimes that is a challenge. We had been doing gluten and dairy free for a while, but when we found out about eggs, some of our favorite recipes were no longer useable. Thankfully, I have slowly been adding back in recipes that we love that are delicious and fit her needs. This year, I really wanted to figure out an apple pie or tart recipe that wasn’t stressful to make. I’ve made apple pies in the past for her, and they were wonderful, but also a lot of work. (Apple is her favorite pie/tart!).

Why you should own a tart pan

This year I went for the tart, and it was SO easy to make, and incredibly delicious too! That’s a great combination in my mind. We are looking forward to enjoying this at holiday meals. And if you don’t have a tart pan, get one! While I have been weeding out items from my kitchen I don’t use often, I actually added in an item, a tart pan, because I realized how much I was missing out by not having one (easy delicious desserts that make allergy friendly desserts stress-free!).

I ended up buying (Amazon links are affiliate) this tart pan after looking at what was available at local stores and am really happy with it. It’s a stainless steel 9 inch pan. I also love the rectangular versions such as this this rectangular pan, and will probably add that into my collection as well.

For this recipe, you need only three components. The crust (if you can make cookies, you can make this crust, plus no rolling needed), my uber easy dairy-free caramel sauce (or caramel sauce of your choice), and then the apple filling.

I would recommend serving it with whipped cream or ice cream, and the leftover caramel sauce. Yum!

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A word on ingredients:

I’ve tried this crust in a variety of recipes recently. The combination of almond flour and tapioca starch works amazingly well in many recipes (like these Grain Free Mexican Wedding Cookies). I do use a finely ground almond flour (I used this brand). I’m not positive that a more coarsely ground flour would work the same. I also tried out a combination of using non-hydrogenated palm shorting, a combination of butter and non-hydrogenated palm shortening and butter, and all butter, and found that our favorite was the all butter version. If you need this recipe to be completely dairy-free, use the palm shortening option. I recommend this one or this one. Firm coconut oil is another great option; it’s just a little more finicky to work with in a recipe like this one.

I love the use of coconut sugar in this recipe as it lends itself naturally to a caramel flavor, so it enhances the caramel sauce. Yum!

While deceptively simple to make, this easy tart has so much flavor! I used Honeycrisp apples, which were perfect in this recipe. But you can use other excellent cookies apples as well, such as green apples, pink ladies, etc. I used a nine inch pan tart.

This amazing Grain Free Caramel Apple Tart is also egg free and dairy free! A delicious, elegant dessert from The Nourishing Gourmet.

Grain Free Caramel Apple Tart
 
Author:
Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet
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While deceptively simple to make, this easy tart has so much flavor! I used Honeycrisp apples, which were perfect in this recipe. But you can use other excellent cookies apples as well, such as green apples, pink ladies, etc. I used a nine inch pan tart. Serves 6-8
Ingredients
  • 1 cup of finely ground almond flour
  • ⅓ cup tapioca flour
  • 2 tablespoons of coconut sugar (or sweetener of choice, such as unrefined cane sugar, organic evaporated cane sugar, maple sugar)
  • ¼ teaspoon unrefined salt
  • ⅓ cup cold butter, or non-hydrogenated palm shortening (for a dairy-free version, use one of the palm shortenings listed above – firm coconut oil could also work, but is a little more finicky)
  • 2 tablespoons cold water
  • 3 large Honeycrisp apples
  • Juice from half a lemon
  • ¼ cup coconut sugar ((or sweetener of choice, such as unrefined cane sugar, organic evaporated cane sugar, maple sugar)
  • 2 tablespoons tapioca starch/flour, arrowroot flour, or organic cornstarch
  • 2-3 tablespoons of caramel sauce
Instructions
  1. Make caramel sauce, and set aside to cool (can make a week ahead, if desired)
  2. In a food processor, combine the almond flour and tapioca flour with the salt and sugar. If using butter, cut into cubes and add, or measure the palm shortening out and place in the food processor. Pulse until the shortening or butter is blended into the flour in small pieces (biggest pieces should be the size of a small pea). Pulse after each addition of tablespoon of cold water. (You want the dough just to be moist enough that it sticks together when you pinch the dough into a small ball. I found that two tablespoons was just enough.)
  3. Press into the tart pan, making sure that there is a good ¼ inch or so of dough pressed along the side all around the tart pan. This will help make the tart more stable once cooked. Place in fridge. (you can prepare this hours ahead of time, if desired, just cover).
  4. Preheat oven to 375F.
  5. Peel the apples, core them, and then thinly slice. Toss them in a medium sized bowl with the lemon juice, sugar, and tapioca starch. Take the tart pan out and artfully fan out the apple slices in the pan in a circular pattern (if using a circular pan). You want the apple slices to be angled, but not flat (as you wouldn’t be able to fit many slices in that way). We only had a couple slices of apple leftover. Don’t pour the juice from the bottom of the bowl over the apples.
  6. Take the previously prepared caramel sauce, and brush on caramel sauce over all of the apples.
  7. Place in oven and cook for 40-70 minutes, or until the apples are fork tender, and the crust is cooked. I covered with foil at 40 minutes to keep the crust from over browning.
  8. Take out of the oven and cool thoroughly before removing the sides of the tart pan. Slice, and enjoy plain, or with whipped cream or ice cream, served with extra caramel sauce. Enjoy!
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Comments

  1. Debbie

    November 21, 2014 at 8:45 pm

    Kimi, what a beautiful apple tart! I have just added this to “my list of things to make next week”.
    Best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones.

    Debbie
    XO

    Reply
    • KimiHarris

      November 22, 2014 at 8:56 am

      Thanks so much, Debbie! Have a great Thanksgiving!

      Reply
  2. Vanessa

    November 22, 2014 at 11:54 pm

    Perfect timing thank you! Was just thinking I wanted to make something exactly like this for Christmas this year as I have the same dietary restrictions due to my breastfeeding sons eczema, so this is exactly what I need.

    Reply
    • KimiHarris

      November 23, 2014 at 9:10 pm

      So glad it was helpful, Vanessa!

      Reply
  3. Lisa Imerman

    November 24, 2014 at 10:36 am

    I am really wanting to make an Apple Recipe for T-day. Can’t seem to find one that fits my bill. This looks good, but I need nut free as well, due to my nephews allergies. Could you substitute a different flour? I can do grains, just need dairy, gluten, sesame soy, legume and nut free.

    Reply
    • KimiHarris

      November 25, 2014 at 12:41 pm

      Lisa,

      Can he have sunflower seeds? It is really easy to make your own flour using them, and it works pretty much just like almond flour. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Jodi@prairiekuchen

    November 25, 2014 at 5:58 am

    This looks absolutely delicious. I’m going to try it for Thanksgiving dessert!

    Reply
  5. lourdes

    November 29, 2014 at 12:11 pm

    Hello! Can I ask you – how much ml is 1 cup? Thanks!

    Reply
  6. Tanya

    February 6, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    It was very delicious tart! Thank you!

    Reply
  7. Christy

    August 6, 2015 at 8:58 am

    Hi
    Im interested in purchasing the almond flour from honeyville which i tried to purchase from the link you provided but unfortunately amazon didnt ship to my country. Any other sorce that you can recommend which sell the same brand and at the sametime offer an international shipping. Appreciate your great help, thanks

    Reply
  8. Stephanie

    September 25, 2015 at 5:09 pm

    Hello, I made your tart for supper tonight and it was delicious!! The apples had a great caramel flavor and I did make your caramel sauce to go along with it. Thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
    • KimiHarris

      September 25, 2015 at 8:10 pm

      Great! Thanks for letting me know. 🙂

      Reply
  9. Christina

    November 25, 2015 at 1:45 pm

    I looked all over the Internet for a dessert to make for Thanksgiving that I could eat, and found this one. I made one larger one & two little ones so that my boyfriend and I could try them first. Loved the flavor of the apples with the caramel sauce and the crust was yummy, too! My only issue on my larger tart is the crust got burnt:( I even covered the crust at minute 25 because I saw it was starting to brown… Do you have any advice?

    Thanks so much for such a beautiful & delicious recipe!

    Reply
  10. Rose

    December 26, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    This was yummy! However the crust recipe only made enough to cover the bottom of my tart pan. There wasn’t nearly enough to go up the sides of the pan. Next time i will dbl the crust.

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    • KimiHarris

      December 29, 2015 at 7:06 pm

      Hey Rose. Thanks for the feedback! What size tart pan did you use?

      Reply
  11. Ale

    September 21, 2020 at 10:15 am

    Hi, is it possible to substitute almond flour with something else? I want to make this but it has to be nut and grain free.

    Reply
  12. Ellen

    November 21, 2020 at 2:16 am

    Any success with making this a day or two ahead of time?

    Reply

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