Sugar free easy apple strudel has all the sweet flavours of a traditional strudel dessert even though it's sugar free. You'll love this simple to make delicious healthy apple strudel recipe.
You folks loved my sugar free cinnamon apple crumble recipe.
So I'm pretty sure you'll love this delicious healthier sugar free apple strudel recipe too!
Crispy filo pastry wrapped around a deliciously sweet apple cinnamon and raisin filling. What's not to love about that?
Only 5 ingredients are needed so it's easy to make too.
It's perfect for dinner parties of up to 6.
With this apple strudel filo recipe you can let the conversation flow without having to spend lot's of time stuck in the kitchen preparing dessert!
In order to make this recipe sugar free I substituted sugar with Stevia instead.
Stevia is an herb, originally from South America, though it now grows throughout the world.
Plus I made this apple strudel with filo pastry instead of traditional puff pastry.
Using filo pastry means this strudel dessert is lower calorie and suitable for vegans too.
The reason why filo pastry is much healthier than puff pastry and suitable for vegans is because it's made only from flour and water.
Traditional apple strudel variations use a layered pastry made from flour and fats such as oil or butter. Those pastries are high in fat.
So eliminating that fat content of the pastry reduces the amount of calories too.
Standard apple strudel calories can be up to 300 calories per serving whereas my apple strudel recipe is only 236 calories per serving.
Of course as usual just let me say here that neither my other half or I exclude sugar or treats with sugar entirely from our diet.
Not at all!
We just choose to minimise or exclude sugar when we can. Saving our sugar allocation for another time.
All under the rules of 80/20 rule for eating! 🙂
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Sugar Free Easy Apple Strudel Recipe
This sugar free easy apple strudel is delicious served with a spoonful of low fat vanilla ice cream or Greek yogurt.
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Sugar Free Easy Apple Strudel Recipe
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Ingredients
- Low fat cooking oil spray
- 650 g cooking apples peeled, cored and diced
- 75 g raisins
- 1.5 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon stevia powder
- 6 Filo pastry sheets
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170C Fan. Lightly grease a baking tray using the cooking oil spray.
- Place the apples, raisins, cinnamon and stevia into a bowl and mix by hand.
- Lay out a sheet of the filo pastry and lightly spray it with the cooking oil. Lay another sheet on top and repeat this process until you have used all of the 6 filo pastry sheets.
- Arrange the apple mixture lengthways evenly along the centre of the pastry to within 2-3cm of each edge. Fold the two shorter edges over the filling and then roll the sheets up to form a log shape.
- Lightly spray the strudel with the cooking oil spray. Then carefully transfer it to the greased baking tray.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, until the pastry is crisp and golden brown.
- Leave the strudel to cool down slightly. Dust with a light sprinkle of stevia and serve with a little fat free, sugar free vanilla ice cream or a dollop of fat free Greek yogurt.
Jeff the Chef
Pretty cool! I don't use a lot of Stevia, but I'm thinking I should.
Neil
I only use it occasionally and in some recipes Jeff. I like it because it can really cut down on the overall calories. You just have to watch how much stevia you put in your recipes though because too much can make them sickly!
David @ Spiced
This sounds amazing, Neil! I've had strudel on my list of things to learn how to make for years. I keep just pushing it back, but maybe I need to stop and actually learn. But in the meantime, I love the idea of using filo dough as an easy substitute. This dessert sounds perfect for apple season...which is almost here in upstate New York! 🙂
Neil
Thanks David. I do love apple strudel but I just don't have the time or the patience to make the pastry all proper. So that's why I made this easy version. Using filo instead.
If I see apple strudel when I'm out at a restaurant though and it's homemade, I'll instantly make a beeline for it.
Hopefully lots of people will enjoy giving this dessert recipe a try for apple season. 🙂
Ron
As one who loves a good strudel and as one who needs the 80/20 (instead of the 20/80) philosophy, I'm very happy to find your recipe and site. Apples are at peak now and all the other ingredients are readily available here.
Neil
Thanks Ron! You can't beat a good apple strudel can you? I'm glad you like my site and recipe. 🙂
At least with this 80/20 style recipe we can eat as much apple strudel as we like can't we? 😀
Ben|Havocinthekitchen
I know a lot of people don't like raisins in baking, but that's not about me; I particularly love the combination with apples. I'll need to make an apple pie/crumble later on (It's not quite an apple season for me yet). Indeed, I love combining apples with maple syrup instead of sugar (I even made apple maple crumble which was scrumptious). It's not as healthy as using of stevia, but just s little addition gives such a beautiful deep (autumn-y) flavor!
Neil
Combining maple syrup with apples to make an apple maple crumble sounds fantastic Ben!
I can literally taste how well those apples would pair with that maple syrup now. Yum!
Shashi at SavorySpin
I so love your idea of using stevia instead of sugar and phyllo instead of puff! And those raisins add all the sweetness needed - eh? Such a fantastic and inspiring recipe - one I need to try as we have been trying to cut back on our sugar intake some. Thanks, Neil!
Neil
I like to use stevia when I can get the recipe to taste as if though there's nothing artificial about it. And that it still tastes as if though it had sugar in it!
Fortunately I managed to get that exactly right with this one. Thanks Shashi. And yes, those raisins do add ALL the sweetness that's needed. 🙂
Neha
I can literally taste this strudel in my mind as I type this! Apples and raisins combined together=super yum dessert!
Neil
You can't beat a delicious strudel recipe can you Neha? I'm like you in that I taste food as I read about it and write about it. That makes me hungry!
So glad you like this recipe and thanks for the rating! 😀
Andy Bishop
Hi Neil! Thanks for the recipe. I am salivating as I read through your article. Also, I didn't know you could use stevia for cooking. Cheers!
Neil
Thanks Andy. Yeah I only use Stevia now and then as a substitute for sugar in my baking but it's pretty versatile stuff. And you only need to use a very small amount as a replacement.
Angie
Hi Neil
Can you substitute the powder for Stevia liquid
Ir erythritol?
If so how much?
Thanks
Neil
Hi Angie, sorry but I am unable to help here. I have only ever used Stevia Powder in this recipe.