Apple crumble

Name: Apple crumble
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: british
Ingredients: 575 g cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced; 2 tbsp caster sugar, for apples; 175 g plain flour; 110 g caster sugar, for crumble; 110 g cold butter; 1 tbsp rolled oats; 1 tbsp demerara sugar; 0 cream or custard, to serve

Soft baked apples beneath a crisp, buttery crumble.

575 g cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
2 tbsp caster sugar, for apples
175 g plain flour
110 g caster sugar, for crumble
110 g cold butter
1 tbsp rolled oats
1 tbsp demerara sugar
0 cream or custard, to serve

Heat oven to 190°C (170°C fan). Toss prepared apples with 2 tablespoons sugar and arrange in a 23cm round or 20cm square baking dish.
Rub cold butter into flour and 110g sugar to make crumbs. Spread over apples, press lightly and sprinkle with oats and demerara.
Bake for 35–40 minutes, until golden and apples are tender. Rest for 10 minutes; serve with cream or custard.

Inspired by Orlando Murrin’s recipe for Good Food · Photo: Jonathan Harker, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_apple_crumble_05.jpg)