Fall is not fall without apples! Apple sauce, apple strudel, apple pie and especially apple crumble! The smell of cinnamon and apples cooking – real comfort food. Can you tell it’s one of my favourite ingredients?
I’m always on the hunt for different crumble recipes so when I came across this one I had to try it. Along with the fact that the recipe even encouraged me to make two so there’s a back up in the freezer! I particularly like how the honey brought all the crumble ingredients together and helped to give it added crunch once cooked. I’d go so far as to call it the “Perfect” crumble! I really hope you like it as much as I do.
Ingredients
- 1 bag or 6 Bramley apples , peeled, cored and cut into chunks
- 1 bag or 6 eating apples, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
- 85g caster sugar
- 100g sultanas or raisins
- 100g soft light brown sugar
- 50g honey
- 250g pack butter
- 300g oats
- 300g plain flour
- 100g flaked almonds
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- Cook the apples with the caster sugar in a large pan, stirring occasionally – add a splash of water if they start to stick on the bottom. When just about tender and a bit saucy, stir in the sultanas or raisins and tip into 2 large ovenproof dishes.
- Melt the brown sugar, honey and butter together in a large pan. Off the heat, stir in the oats, flour, almonds and cinnamon until sticky and crumbly. Divide over the apples. To bake straight away, heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 then bake for 40-50 minutes until topping is golden and crisp.
- Serve with your choice of cream, ice cream or custard.
- To freeze, wrap dishes well or freeze the fruit and crumble mixture in separate freezer bags if you don’t have spare baking dishes. To cook from frozen, cover with foil and bake at 180C/160C fan/gas 4 for 1½ hrs, then turn the oven up to 220C/200C fan/gas 8 and bake for a further 45 minutes, removing the foil for the last 15 minutes.
Looking for more recipes using apples? Look no further as more ideas can be found here. Enjoy!
The Wellness Almanac 