Everyone’s asking for seconds when you serve up this apple lasagna!
Another no bake dessert you are going to fall in love with!
Layers of sauteed cinnamon apples, graham crackers & cream cheese mousse!
I don’t make my own graham crackers but if you do by all means get down with your bad self
A Virtual Vegan has a great recipe for homemade grahams and I have made a couple times!
However for the time challenged group of us we have Nabisco original graham crackers and they are accidentally vegan with no honey added.
Vegan Toffee makes this Apple Lasagna complete with a slight buttery crunch to each bite.
A dose of brandy for the sautéed cinnamon apples is amazing here!
However for those who are alcohol free just sub in apple juice instead!
WATCH HOW TO MAKE THIS APPLE LASAGNA RECIPE
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Notes for Success:
Alcohol free? Leave out the brandy altogether and deglaze with apple juice or even just water!
Vegan Lactic Acid is what gives cream cheese desserts their signature tang
If you do not have it or do not want to buy it you can use apple cider vinegar instead in the same amount as listed
Any brand of vegan cream cheese is fine for no bake recipes
I have only had trouble with various brands when baking cheesecakes
Vegan Whipped cream options are endless in 2026! Thankfully there are so many options to choose including my my homemade recipe Whichever brand you choose you will need 3 fully whipped volume cups
Apple Lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 Box of Nabisco Graham Crackers you will use 2½ packages from the box
For the Apples:
- 4 medium sized apples
- ¼ cup Light Brown Sugar (50g)
- 1 Tbs All Purpose Flour (7g)
- ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon Ground Ginger
- ¼ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- 3 Tbs Brandy (45ml)
- 1 Tbs Maple Syrup (15ml)
- 1 Tbs Vegan Butter (14g)
For the Cream Cheese Mousse:
- 16 ounces Vegan Cream Cheese (454g)
- 1 cup Confectioners Sugar (120g)
- 2 cups Vegan Whipped Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vegan Lactic Acid
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
optional garnish
optional Toffee
- 8 Tbs Vegan Butter
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ cup Vegan Chocolate
Instructions
- First prepare the apples by peeling & coring then slice to approx 1/4 - 1/8th inch thickness
- Melt the vegan butter in a large skillet over high heat then add the slices apples, brown sugar, flour & spices & stir well to combine
- Stirring often, let the apples cook for about 5- 10 minutes, depending on the thickness
- Add the brandy & the maple syrup & cook until they are tender but not mushy- total time about 15 minutes of cooking
- Remove from the heat & cool completely
- Prepare your choice of whipped cream you will need 3 full volume cups of fully whipped cream (not liquid)
- Reserve the whipped cream in the refrigerator while you prepare the cream cheese mousse: In a large bowl with a spatula combine the vegan cream cheese, sifted confectioners sugar, vanilla extract & lactic acid (using an electric mixer usually softens the vegan cream cheese too much turning it into soup, so mixing by hand is preferable)
- Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture & then get ready to assemble the dessert.
- In the bottom of an ungreased- NO PARCHMENT PAPER- 9"x9" baking pan arrange the graham crackers
- Layer with 1/3 of the mousse mixture & then top with half of the apples.
- Layer with more graham crackers, another 1/3 of the mousse & the other half of the apples.
- A final layer of graham crackers & the last of the cream cheese mousse.
- I sprinkled the entire top with the optional toffee recipe but this is optional as is the caramel for a drizzle on top
- Refrigerate for 3-4 hours before serving, but the lasagna actually gets better the next day just like a traditional lasagna!
- For the Toffee In a heavy bottom medium sized sauce pot heat the vegan butter until almost melted then add the granulated sugar & salt
- Stir as it dissolves & it will start to get very hot & bubbly BE CAREFUL! Stir occasionally as it heats to 305℉ on a candy thermometer~ this will take about 10 minutes
- Prepare a sheet pan with light spray of grease or a silicone mat
- Once the sugar mixture reaches 305℉ remove from heat & carefully pour onto the silicone mat. Let it cool for about 5 minutes then sprinkle the vegan chocolate over top & spread it thin over the entire surface using a spatula
- Once it is all completely cooled & the chocolate has set set break it up into small pieces
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Notes
Hi Gretchen
Thank you for another great recipe.
I cannot find vegan cream cheese where I live.
Are there any other substitutes I could use ?
Many thanks. Janet
Hi Janet, can you make your own from cashews?
Have you used cultured cashew cream cheese in your recipes? Specifically cheesecake? I was worried the increased fiber vs tofutti and the like might mess up the consistency.
I have not used that – no
Hi, have been flowing you on fb for quite a bit – you’re an absolute inspiration.
You have mentioned couple of times there was a certain brand of cream cheese you’re using: please remind me which one that was (I’m gonna try and make one of recipes for this thanksgiving). Thanks in advance
Hi Thankyou!! I only use Tofutti brand in BAKED recipes because the others I have been able to get (Violife/Daiya) turned to an oily mess when BAKED! If you are using the vegan cream cheese in NON baked recipes you can use whatever you love the most!
*I will notes, someone on a facebook post last week said she used Violfe in a baked cheesecake (*my recipe) and she said it did not turn to an oily, mess, perhaps they changed the recipe??
Would you replace the coconut whipped cream with the Silk or the So delicious from the freezer? If so, what would an estimated measurement be?
Yes sure! Thanks for pointing this out~ I will update the recipe to reflect 2 full cups of whipped cream for the recipe
Can frozen whipped cream be used for this recipe instead of whipping it up? I don’t have any luck whipping my own.
Frozen whipping cream is not actually whipped cream at all, it is “topping” so for using in recipe I do not recommend since as soon as you start to fold it or mix it into *the cream cheese for example it will turn to soup
Many people have trouble with vegan whipped cream, but here are some options for you to try if all else has failed! CLICK HERE