Easy Apple Crumble Recipe | How to Make it ... (2024)

Apples are one of my favorite stone fruits. There’s nothing quite like biting into a cold, crisp, sweet apple. Except maybe for a crunchy steaming hot apple crumble with creamy frozen vanilla ice cream on top.

The smell of cinnamon and apples baking in the kitchen is one of the best and most comforting things ever. Apple crumble is like a warm hug on a winter day, as well as Fresh Pear Crumble Pie, Peach Cobbler Crumble Bars, and Blueberry Muffins with Crumble Topping.

This apple crumble recipe is not your everyday recipe. Instead of using all-purpose flour, I am using a combination of oat and almond flour which makes it so much healthier than regular apple crumble. You don’t have to sacrifice taste to eat healthily.

In this recipe, apples are baked to gooey perfection and topped with a mixture of butter, brown sugar, oat, and almond flour that makes a perfectly crunchy crust on top.

INGREDIENTS FOR APPLE CRUMBLE

• Melted Butter: unsalted butter is best for this recipe.
• Oat four: if you have oats at home, add them to your blender and pulse until the oats become powdery flour.
• Almond flour: I like to use superfine flour made from blanched whole almonds.
• Brown sugar: Brown sugar gives apple crumble a caramel-like flavor that can’t be achieved using white sugar.
• White sugar: if your apples are a bit tart, or you want the bottom part of your crumble to be gooey, caramelized, and sweet, add ½ cup white sugar to your apple wedges.
• Apples: there is quite a bit of discussion about the best apples to make the crumble. Use your favorite
• Cinnamon: The flavor of crumble is definitely not the same without it.
• Ginger: It has a bit of a kick and is a very interesting flavor combination when used with cinnamon.
• Lemon juice: this is a very sweet dessert. A bit of lemon juice gives it a slight tartness that complements that sweetness.

HOW TO MAKE APPLE CRUMBLE

1. Preheat the oven to 350F. In the blender, put 1 ¼ cups of rolled oats. Pulse until they become flour-like. In a bowl, mix oat flour, almond flour, brown sugar, and a pinch of salt.
2. Add the melted butter and mix until well blended.
3. Using a 9×13 inch baking dish, place the apple wedges, and sprinkle with cinnamon, ginger, lemon juice, and white sugar. Give them a toss.
4. Top with the brown sugar mixture.
5. Bake for 50 mins to one hour until the top is brown and crispy.

WHAT TO SERVE WITH APPLE CRUMBLE

Your favorite ice cream! Most people prefer vanilla, but I love it with caramel vanilla or with vanilla ice cream with caramel and chocolate chips.

Apple crumble is the perfect dessert for a Chicken Pot Pie dinner, a Melt-In-Your-Mouth Pot Roast, or Roasted Cornish Hens.

HOW TO STORE APPLE CRUMBLE?

First, wait for it to cool down completely. Place the leftovers into an airtight container and refrigerate them for up to 5 days, or freeze it for 3 months.

Other Apple Recipes You Might Enjoy

1. APPLE CRUMBLE COFFEE CAKE
2. APPLE PIE FILLING COFFEE CAKE
3. JEWISH APPLE CAKE

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

1. What Apples Are Best For Apple Crumble? Since apple crumble has quite a bit of sweetness to it, your best bet is to use tart and crisp apples like Honeycrisp or Granny Smith. But, as I said before, I have used Gala, Golden Delicious, or any other apple I have on hand and loved it every time. Remember, we are already adding a bit of lemon juice, which also helps add tartness to the crumble. So buy your favorite variety, they are all delicious, and your crumble will be too.
2. What is the difference between apple crisp and apple crumble? For the crumble, the top layer is made with flour. It can be wheat flour, oat flour, or almond flour. This makes for a slight “cakey” top. For crisp oats are used whole, making the top layer more crispy than cakey.
3. What is crumble topping made of? It is made of a mixture of butter, flour, and brown sugar, all well blended until they look like sand.
4. How does Mary Berry make apple crumble? By mixing sliced apples with sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon and placing them in a baking dish. Apples are topped with a mixture of brown sugar, flour, and butter and then baked until the top is brown and the apples are tender.
5. How do I crisp an apple crumble? Try adding rolled oats on top of the crumble mixture before baking it. The oats will crisp up in the oven, while the crumble layer will remain with a more cake-like consistency.

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