Apple Crumble

Apple filling:

• 6-7 Apples (a mix of Granny Smith and Elstar or Jonagold)
• 40gr sultanas (optional)
• Earl Grey teabag
• 200ml water
• 50gr brown sugar
• 50gr granulated sugar
• 2tsp cinnamon
• 1/2tsp nutmeg
• 2tbsp cornstarch
• 1tbsp vanilla extract
• 1tbsp lemon juice

Crumble topping

• 80gr granulated sugar
• 120gr butter (cold)
• 100gr flour
• 100gr rolled oats or old fashioned oats
• 40gr pecan nuts, chopped (optional)
• 1tsp salt
• 1tsp cinnamon

1. Start by boiling the water, once it boils you can pour it over your sultana’s and add the Earl Grey tea bag to steep. Leave this to sit for at least 20 minutes, you can take out the tea bag after 5 minutes of steeping
2. Preheat your oven to 180C
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together your sugars, spices, vanilla, salt and cornstarch and set aside.
4. In the meantime, you can peel and core your apples. I like to slice them in both small & slightly larger chunks, thin & chunky slices to get the best texture and mixture between jammy and firm apples. Add these to a large bowl and coat them in lemon juice
5. In a large bowl, add your flour, oats, sugar, chopped pecan nuts, salt & cinnamon and mix together. Slice your cold butter into cubes and add that to the bowl
6. To make the crumble texture, you want to incorporate the butter into the flour by rubbing the butter & dry ingredients between your fingers until it comes together. If you don’t want to use your hands, you can totally use a knife or a pastry cutter for this step
7. The mixture should come together in a ball but should crumble apart easily
8. Take your big bowl of sliced apples and add the soaked and drained sultanas and the sugar-cinnamon-cornstarch mixture. Make sure to evenly coat all the apples and place them in an oven-safe baking dish
9. Top your apples with the crumble mixture and bake at 170C for 40-50 minutes or until the top has browned and the apples have broken down into bubbly jammy goodness
10. Let it cool slightly before serving, I recommend eating it warm with a good scoop of vanilla ice cream & a good drizzle of (salted) caramel sauce

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