Gluten Free crepes with white cheddar, maple spiced apples, and salted coconut caramel sauce…
Cue the drool!
How do you do with the sweet and savory combo? Like, could you just ravage a bag of chocolate covered pretzels, or would you rather keep your sugar away from your salt and your salt away from your sugar? Deez crepes are all about sweet and savory flavors getting along famously in holy crepetramony.
Get it? That’s like matrimony, but for crepes.
Let’s keep going.
I have so much to say about this crepetramony, so let’s start with the savory portion of this recipe: CHEESE.
I made these Grain-Free Crepes, and sprinkled some aged white cheddar over them while they were still cooking in the hot pan.
The rich flavorful cheese makes scrumptious melty delight within the folds of your crepe. And then we do things like add a little sweet to our salty bliss.
Have you ever made salted caramel? It can be a bit of a task, but I located an easier AND healthier version of the tasty sauce. I borrowed Faith’s Salted Coconut Caramel Sauce from her blog, An Edible Mosaic, and simply omitted the butter because I didn’t have any on hand.
The caramel is cane sugar-free and dairy-free as long as you leave the butter out. It tastes just like regular caramel, and even has the same consistency. Epic.mind.blow.!! Have a gander at it:
But wait, there’s more…
I made an apple topping for these crepes, which is sweetened with pure maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, and spiced apple cider. So when all’s said and done, you end up with a cheesy crepe with spiced apple topping and salted caramel drizzled all over it. Serve these crepes with a dollop of Greek yogurt or homemade whipped cream, and you’ve got yourself a dessert that hits all the texture bases and satisfies both your sweet and salty cravings.
P.S. While these are definitely a decadent fall dessert, there’s not a lick of cane sugar in the whole thing. So eat 12. But just kidding, because the recipe only makes 6. So make a double batch. For real.
P.S. These are calorie-free.
Cheddar Cheese Crepes with Spiced Apples and Salted Caramel
Ingredients
For the Salted Coconut Caramel Sauce:
- 1 14- ounce can full-fat coconut milk
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon coarse sea salt
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter optional
For the Apple Topping:
- 1 honeycrisp apple peeled and chopped
- ¼ cup unsweetened spiced apple cider
- 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch ground nutmeg
- Pinch kosher salt
For serving:
- 1 cup Kerrygold reserve cheddar grated
- Homemade whipped cream or plain Greek yogurt
Instructions
- Follow the instructions for making the gluten free crepe batter.
Make the Salted Coconut Caramel:
- Add the coconut milk, maple syrup, and coconut sugar to a medium-sized sauce pan and bring it to a full boil. Allow mixture to boil, stirring frequently, until thickened, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add the vanilla extract, salt, and unsalted butter to the caramel mixture. Stir until combined, then remove caramel from the heat.
- Set aside until ready to use. Note that the caramel will continue to thicken the longer it sits.
Make the Apple Topping:
- Add all ingredients for the apple topping to a small saucepan and heat to medium.
- Bring to a full boil, reduce the heat slightly, and allow apples to cook at a full but gentle boil. Stirring occasionally, cook until most of the liquid is absorbed and apples have softened, about 8 to 10 minutes.
Make the Crepes:
- Take the crepe batter out of the refrigerator and let it come to room temperature (or close to it).
- Heat a medium-sized (9 or 10-inch) skillet to medium-low with just enough oil or butter to lightly coat the surface.
- Measure ¼ cup of the batter and pour it onto the center of the hot skillet. Immediately rotate the pan so that the batter is thinly covering the whole surface. Allow batter to cook until the edges begin to pull away from the pan and small air bubbles rise to the surface, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Carefully flip crepe to the other side and add desired amount of cheddar cheese (I used about 3 tablespoons of cheese per crepe). Allow cheese to melt then transfer the crepe to a plate. Fold it into a rectangle and top it with desired amount of apple topping, salted caramel, and a dollop of whipped cream or plain Greek yogurt.
- Repeat for remaining batter and enjoy!
This looks amazing! I just love cheddar cheese with apples. And salted caramel – obviously we need more of that in our lives. Beautiful recipe, Julia!
Thanks, my dear! Isn’t the apple + cheddar combo just so fine and dandy? Hope you try these – salted caramel and all!
Oh, my gosh. I want these for breakfast–like right now! Sadly, I don’t have them (and let’s ignore the thought that I could get up and make them. I want to be needy and have them brought to me.) Let’s have them at the reception. You and me–making crepes for everyone. Wonder what they would look like after we have a few drinks in us? Hmmm…we might want to work on this plan.
IDEA: WHAT IF: there were a pancake griddle at the Stephie-Alex “Event” and on said pancake griddle, we made legit crepes immediately following our beer bottle rendition of some Blake/Usher/Adam/Christina song? I’m liking the way this sounds so much, that I’d go so far as to say we should be Stephie’s official “event” planners 😉
Perfect! I wasn’t wanting to spend money on one anyway. We’d be free and, clearly, much better. This is a great plan!
These look amazing and I love the sweet and savory combo but my favorite part is that they’re calorie-free- how awesome!
Calorie-free crepes really are my biggest fantasy. All joking aside though, these crepes aren’t half bad for ya. They’re like diet crepes you’d never know were diet. 😉 So glad you like the savory-sweet!
i love apples and caramel together..never thought of cheese but looking at this, i can already tell how delicious this is!
Drool cycle initiated. Sweet and savory is my jam. Love these crepes!
I am totally a sweet and salty combo person. Chocoalte covered pretzels are the best! These crepes are right up my alley!
Wow! I’ll be making this caramel sauce. I love that it is free of white sugar. And dairy free too, if one wishes.
Love sweet and savory crepes so this is heaven to me!
Salted COCONUT caramel sauce??! Way to one up everyone 😉 These look amazing Julia.
I’m making a double batch for sure. My friend is spying over my shoulder and just said aloud “IS THAT CHEESE AND PIE?! That’s genius!” I have to agree.
Mmm sweet and salty – caramel and apples – cue the drool is right!
I really like this brand of cheese myself. And I crave crepes. This has to be outrageous!
I am a total sucker for crepes. My mom used to make savory and sweet crepes when we were kids. I love the pairing of cheese and apples, such a great combination. Yummm. Pinned
Um yeah, it’s 10pm here and now I want to get out of bed and go make crepes! Gaaaah. Why do you do this to me?! They look so good and that caramel sauce is seriously mind blowing!
Ju, this looks AWESOOOOOOME! I LOVE cheese with apples. What a great combo! I probably will eat more than one. Oh Gosh and what about the salt caramel??!! I need this.
GIMME ALL THE SWEETS AND SAVORIES. Especially in white cheddar crepe + apple + salted caramel form, AH-YES PLEASE.
I just tried licking my computer to get at that salted caramel. NO SUCH LUCK. I guess I’ll *have* to make it. Shucks (<–said no one ever)
I’m thinking that this just became my new favorite way to eat crepes! Awesome combo Julia!
This is white cheddar cheese porn – and I give it two big thumbs up.
Don’t you just want to have a moment with these things?! They’re so good!
Whoa!! Apples + cheddar is one of my fav combos, but this is next-level amazing! I seriously think I could eat 12, lol. And it makes my day that you made my caramel, thanks for the shout-out, lady! xoxo