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Apple Crumble
Soft cinnamon apples under a golden, buttery crumb topping.
- Total time
- 1 h 5 min
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Rest
- 10 min
Ingredients
For 6 servings
For the filling
- 6apples, tart
- ½lemon, juiced
- 1 tspground cinnamon
- 8 gvanilla sugar
- or1 tspvanilla extract
For the topping
- 150 gall-purpose flour
- 150 gbrown sugar
- 125 gunsalted butter, softened
- 6 scoopsvanilla ice cream, for servingoptional
Method
Step 1
Take the butter out of the fridge 30 minutes ahead so it softens. Preheat the oven to 200 °C (400 °F).
200 °C (400 °F)
Step 2
Peel the apples, quarter them, and remove the cores and seeds. Cut them into roughly 3/4-inch (2 cm) cubes.
Step 3
Put the apples in a baking dish and drizzle with the lemon juice so they don’t brown. Sprinkle with the cinnamon and vanilla sugar, then toss.
Step 4
In a bowl, mix the flour and brown sugar. Add the butter, cut into small pieces.
Step 5
Rub the mixture between your fingertips, as if crumbling bread, until it forms pea-sized clumps.
5 min
Step 6
Scatter the crumble over the apples to cover them completely, without pressing it down.
Step 7
Bake for 30 minutes, until the top is deep golden and the apple juices bubble at the edges.
30 min
Step 8
Let cool for 10 minutes before serving, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream if you like.
10 min
