Apple Crumble Recipe for the Non-Baker

This recipe for Apple Crumble is very easy and quick to prepare, and, as with many of my recipes, allows for lots of variations and optional ingredients. I'm not much of a dessert-eater, or baker, but my dinner guests always love this.

Ingredients

Tip:

Save on dishes. Just toss all the apple filling ingredients right into your greased pie plate.

For the apple filling:

Granny Smith Apples, 3 cored, peeled and sliced
Orange Juice, 3 tbsp
Canadian Maple Syrup, 1/8 cup
Granulated Sugar, 1/8 cup
Vanilla Extract, 1 tsp
Cinnamon, 1 tsp
Nutmeg, 1 tsp
Ground Cloves, pinch
Cornstarch, 1 tbsp

Optional Ingredients to add crunchy nuttiness and sweetness:

Raisins, 1/4 cup
Pumpkin Seeds, 2 tbsp
Shredded Coconut, 1/4 cup
Almonds, chopped, 1/8 cup

Homemade Granola

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For the crumble top

Brown Sugar, 1/3 cup
All-purpose flour, 1/8 cup
Butter, 1/8 cup
Rolled Oats, 1/3 cup

Cooking Method

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Grease a 9 inch pie plate with butter and toss apple slices with all of the Apple Filling ingredients.
In a separate bowl, mix brown sugar and flour and cut in the butter with a fork or two knives until it is coarse and crumbly.
Stir in the rolled oats.
Pour the Oats mixture over the top of the apple filling.
Bake 35 to 45 minutes, until top is well browned.

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