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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A crispy golden brown crumble topping to put on pies, fruit, muffins, or cakes.
- 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)
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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.
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Mix with the back of a fork or a pastry cutter until crumbly.
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Use it to crumble on top of fruit, pies, or baked goods before baking.
- *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.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Did you make this recipe? I would love to hear from you! Please take a minute and leave a quick comment and a star review below. Thanks!
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! 🙂