Run short of flour and butter or just too many apples at hand? Check out this Crisp Apple Crumble recipe and let nature do the rest!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Sugar free recipe
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Equipment
8" x 8" / 20.5cm x 20.5cm Baking dish
Ingredients
3lbApple
1pieceLemon
Sweetener of choice to tasteoptional
3tablespoonButter
⅞cupPlain flour
Instructions
Peel and core apples. Chop them up into 1" / 3cm chunks. Rinse them beforehand so we can eat the skin and core or use them up later. To keep the apple chunks from browning, mix them gently with lemon juice.
Place them into a saucepan with some grated lemon zest on medium heat. Some like to add sweetener but those, who kicked sugar already, won't need it at all. Put the lid on and cook the apples until softened, about 10 - 15 minutes.
Meanwhile the apples are being cooked, measure cold butter and flour in a mixing bowl. Add sweetener of choice if desired. Press and knead and rub them together by hand until desired size crumbs are produced. Pressing them together makes bigger while rubbing them will produce smaller crumbs. If the butter warms up, crumbs would become smaller and smaller until we'll end up with a pie crust. Popping the crumbs into the fridge until the butter cools down will give us a fresh start if needed. Don't add water!
Transfer apples into a baking dish that doesn't allow liquid to seep out. Smaller size dishes will make thicker layers while bigger dishes thinner ones but none will affect the end results.
Sprinkle over the crumble topping.
Bake in the middle rack of 390°F / 200°C preheated oven until golden brown, about 30 - 40 minutes. Letting it cool off before serving makes it easier to take the slices out and prettier too. Serve it with custard or vanilla ice cream.