Apple crumble recipe

This apple crumble recipe serves six to eight people and is 604 calories per portion. 

The crumble topping in this recipe has a mixture of oats and flour for an interesting texture. Demerara sugar adds a wonderful crunch but you can use caster or brown sugar if that’s what you have in the cupboard. 

Ingredients

• 900g Bramley apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 75g caster sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

For the crumble:

• 175g butter
• 225g plain flour
• 100g demarara sugar
• 175g jumbo oats

Method

1. Heat the oven to 200C (180C fan, Gas 6). Put the apple slices, caster sugar and cinnamon into a large ovenproof dish and mix so that everything is evenly distributed.
2. In a large bowl, rub together the butter, flour, sugar and oats until evenly mixed and you have some larger clumps of crumble topping.
3. Scatter the crumble over the apple mixture in an even layer then bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden on top and the apples are tender.
4. Serve your warm apple crumble with cream or ice-cream, if liked.

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Top tips for making this apple crumble recipe

If you have a food processor, place the flour, butter and sugar in the bowl and pulse until the butter is thoroughly mixed in. Add the oats and blend again. Scatter over the apples as before for a lighter, more sticky apple crumble. Continue reading for tips on the best apples and how to keep leftovers. 

Make sure you prepare the apples properly by peeling them and removing the core. This affordable kitchen tool from Brabantia makes it an easy task. 

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We like the soft hand of the corer and the serrated blade makes it easy to remove the core of the apple in one go. Choose from a variety of colours and hang in your kitchen for easy access or store it in your cutlery drawer. 

Crumbles are an easy dessert to make with seasonal fruit. From April to late summer you could make rhubarb crumble and from August to October plum crumble is a must try. Another one for the warmer months is our peach crumble.