One of the most delicious and comforting homemade desserts is one of the simplest - apple crumble. As the queen of baking, Mary Berry has a simple recipe that will have you reaching for seconds. The onset of autumn means apples are the best they will be all year.
First, slices of crisp and juicy apple are cooked with sugar and lemon, then blanketed in a buttery crunchy topping before being popped in the oven. Oats, sugar, walnuts are encased in the topping to provide a contrasting crunch to the sweet apple filling. All that's missing is custard or ice cream.
As shared on BBC Food , the recipe description reads: "The apples and the nutty topping are cooked separately in Mary Berry ’s apple crumble, producing exceptional crunch." Mary Berry's apple crumble recipe 1.5kg cooking apples 1⁄2 lemon, juice only 100g light muscovado sugar For the topping 50g plain flour 50g porridge oats 150g light muscovado sugar 150g walnuts, roughly chopped 50g sunflower seeds 100g softened butter Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
Peel and core the apples, then cut them into thin slices. Place in a small flameproof casserole with the lemon juice, sugar and six tablespoonfuls of water. Bring to the boil, then place in the oven and cook for about 20 minutes, or until the apple is tender but has not fallen to a pulp.
Put the dry topping ingredients in a mixing bowl and rub in the butter until it is evenly distributed and the mixture has formed small clumps. Spread the mixture evenly over a .
