Apple Crumble
Serves 6-8
- Crumble Topping
- 240 g (2 cups ) plain (all-purpose) flour
- 60 g (⅔ cup) rolled oats
- 60 g (⅓ cup) soft brown sugar
- 60 g (⅓ cup) golden caster sugar - (or superfine sugar)
- 1 pinch salt
- 120 g (½ cup) chilled unsalted butter - ,cut into 1 cm cubes
- Apple Pie Filling
- 1 kg (2.2 lb) cooking apples
- 300 g (10.5 oz) eating apples - , such as Braeburn or Jazz
- 3 tbsp golden caster sugar - (or superfine sugar)
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Preheat the oven to 180C (350F).
- Peel and chop the cooking and eating apples roughly, no larger than 2cm (or just under 1 inch) chunks and place in a saucepan.
- Squeeze, or pour, over the lemon juice. This is to help stop the apples from browning.
- Add the caster sugar and the cinnamon to the apples and give everything a stir.
- Place the pan on the hob (stove top) over a medium heat and cook for 10-15 minutes stirring a couple of times, until the apples start to break down.
- Whilst the apples are cooking, make the crumble topping. Add the flour, oats, sugars and salt to a bowl and mix everything together until combined.
- Add the cold butter and rub the mixture with your fingers until the butter starts to look like breadcrumbs and is starting to form clumps. .
- By now the apples should be starting to break down. Carefully pour the apple filling mixture into a baking dish.
- Add the crumble topping to the baking dish and spread on fairly evenly.
- Place in the preheated oven and cook for 25-30 minutes until golden and bubbling.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly before serving with your favourite ice cream or homemade custard.