Mary Berry’s apple crumble recipe and buttery topping with ‘exceptional crunch’
A sweet apple filling is enveloped under a buttery crunchy topping in Mary Berry's moreish three-step recipe.
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
Ingredients
1.5kg cooking apples
½ 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
Method
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 baking tray and bake for about 20 minutes, or until golden-brown and crisp. Stir to break up the crumble and sprinkle over the hot apple.
