This easy vegan crumble topping is perfect for crumble pies, apple crisp, fruit crumbles, coffee cakes, or crumble top muffins. It adds a sweet, crunchy texture to whatever dessert you choose to sprinkle it on top of. Made in minutes with a few simple everyday ingredients.
This crumble recipe takes simple ingredients, 1 bowl, and about 5 minutes to create a delicious, sweet, and crispy topping for pies, muffins, coffeecakes, and fruit crisps and crumbles. Some recipes call for only butter, sugar, and flour, but I like to toss in some whole oats as well. I love the texture that the oats give and I never make a crumble topping without them.
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
- It's easy to make with common ingredients.
- It adds a sweet crunch to muffins, sweet breakfasts, and other desserts.
- A great gluten-free topping for pies and fruit crumbles.
🧾 Ingredients and substitutions
- Vegan Butter - any good quality vegan butter will work or you can use the stick version of my homemade vegan butter.
- Flour - regular all-purpose flour, whole wheat, or any gluten-free flour works well.
- Oats - I usually use whole oats, but quick oats also work well. If you are making it gluten-free, be sure to look for GF oats.
- Brown Sugar - you can also use coconut sugar or any other vegan granulated sugar that you have.
- Cinnamon - for flavor. Feel free to leave it out.
- Baking Soda - to give the crumble a little lift when it bakes.
- Nutmeg - for flavor. Feel free to leave it out.
- Salt - for flavor. Feel free to leave it out.
🥄 Instructions
- Add softened butter, flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and baking soda to a medium-sized mixing bowl.
- Mix with the back of a fork or a pastry cutter until crumbly.
- Use it to crumble on top of fruit, pies, or baked goods before baking.
👩🏻🍳 Pro Tips
- Make sure to use softened butter or it will be very hard to mix together.
- Don't use melted butter. You want some air pockets in the crumble which is achieved by using softened butter.
- You can use softened coconut oil if you don't have any vegan butter.
🥡 Storage
You can make this crumble ahead of time and keep it in the fridge for up to 5 days before baking.
🥧 Ways to use your crumbles
Sprinkle the vegan crumble on 4 cups of berries or fruit and bake it at 375°F (190° C) for about 30 minutes until golden brown. You can also use it on top of the following recipes.
- Vegan Cherry Pie
- Vegan Apple Crisp
- Healthy Vegan Muffins
- Vegan Blueberry Muffins
- Vegan Cranberry Orange Muffins
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Vegan Crumble Topping
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup vegan butter
- 1/2 cup flour gluten-free flour works well too
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 dash nutmeg (optional)
Instructions
- Add 1/4 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup oats, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/8 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp baking soda, and a dash of nutmeg to a medium-sized mixing bowl.
- Mix with the back of a fork or a pastry cutter until crumbly.
- Use it to crumble on top of fruit, pies, or baked goods before baking.
Notes
- *Crumble it over 4 cups of any fruit or berries and bake at 375° F (190° C) for about 30 minutes until golden brown to delicious make a fruit crumble!
- Make sure to use softened butter or it will be very hard to mix together.
- Don't use melted butter. You want some air pockets in the crumble which is achieved by using softened butter.
- You can use softened coconut oil if you don't have any vegan butter.
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Hi. I just did this exactly as written and it's marvellous, so easy. Spread it over some stewed apple and it was the perfect dessert. Thanks Monica!
I'm so happy that you liked the recipe, Clive! 🙂
Hi Do you have a crumble topping without oats, I can't eat oats at all
You can replace the oats with 1/3 cup of whole wheat flour instead to give texture and a slightly nutty flavor that you would have gotten from oats. Enjoy!
Lovely crumble topping. I jut fancied something g sweet to put on top of my tinned peaches. This was yummy with some vegan ice cream.
I'm so happy that you liked the recipe, Nicoli! 🙂
Easy and very good! I replaced part of the vegan butter with tahini and it gives a little twist to the recipe that matches well with berries.
I'm glad that you liked it. I bet the tahini gave it an interesting flavor. 🙂
I just used this on your cherry pie recipe last night. I made dinner for my in-laws who aren't vegan, but they loved this. It was so easy with the crumbles on top instead of a top layer. Thanks for this idea!
I'm so happy that you and your in-laws liked it, Jillian! 🙂