Easy Individual Apple Crumble Recipe – Tiny Pots of Autumn Joy
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Delicious, versatile, and easy to make, these individual apple crumbles are great for entertaining and easy to scale. Endless variations.
These little individual apple crumbles are super quick and easy to make from pantry staples and fresh fruit. Or you could use tinned fruit for a quicker alternative.
I threw these quick apple crumble together the other night while I was cooking dinner, had them in the oven in 10 minutes and they were ready to serve just after we finished dinner.
Top with ice cream, and they are a cute little dessert to enjoy, whether you’re entertaining or sitting down to watch a Marvel movie as a family, like we did.
I’m busy – often tired – so I’m all for easy alternatives and shortcuts.
But cooking something from scratch doesn’t need to take long or be complicated – these pots of apple crumble are perfect for a homecooked dessert that isn’t complicated.
I picked up these individual, oven-safe ramekins from the second-hand store, but you can also make this into a single crumble in a larger, oven-safe dish.
Ingredients
These crumbles use mostly inexpensive pantry staples you probably have on hand.
To make them even quicker, substitute the fresh apples for tinned apples, apple pie filling, or any tinned fruit you like – maybe some peach crumbles or cherry crumbles!
Ingredients
apples
sugar
lemon juice (optional)
cinnamon
rolled oats
flour
brown sugar
slivered or flaked almonds (optional)
butter
How to Make Individual Crumbles.
Step 1 – Cook the Apples.
If you’re using tinned apples, you can skip this step, but if using fresh, the first step is to partially cook the apples.
First, chop the apples into bit-size pieces.
In a saucepan, combine the apples, sugar, cinnamon, and a small squeeze of lemon juice.
Simmer until almost cooked to how soft you like you apples. Taste and adjust the sugar.
I like to make stewed apples in the rice cooker; for crumble, just cook them less. Or you could use these caramelised apples as your crumble filling.
Step 2 – Make the Crumble Topping.
The crumble topping is super easy.
Add the oats, flour, sugar, and almonds to a bowl and mix to combine. Then add the butter and, using your fingertips, rub through the dry ingredients until all combined and resembling a breadcrumb consistency.
Step 3 – Make and Bake the Crumbles.
Fill each ramekin 2/3rds full of apple mixture, then sprinkle the crumble mixture on top.
Place on a tray and bake a hot oven for about 20 minutes or until the top is golden.
Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
Quick Apple Crumble
Delicious, versatile, and easy to make, these individual apple crumbles are great for entertaining and easy to scale. Endless variations.
Ingredients
- 4 apples, peeled and cored
- sugar to taste
- a small squeeze of lemon juice
- a pinch or two of cinnamon
- 2 Tablespoons of rolled oats
- 2 Tablespoons of plain flour
- 2 Tablespoons of brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons of slivered or flaked almonds
- 15g butter
- cinnamon to taste (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C
- Core, peel and chop the apples. In a saucepan add apples, sugar, lemon and cinnamon.
- Simmer apples until soft or to the texture that you prefer.
- Meanwhile combine the flour, brown sugar, oats, almonds, butter and cinnamon and rub together with your fingers to get a ‘breadcrumb’ like consistency.
- Pour apple mixture into greased individual dishes, sprinkle with crumble mixture and bake for about 20 minutes or until the top is golden.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 185Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 39mgCarbohydrates: 37gFiber: 5gSugar: 25gProtein: 2g
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Apple Crumble Variations
- Add sultanas or other dried fruit for variety
- You can use any fruit that you have on hand like berries (fresh or frozen), pears, peaches, plums, cherries etc.
- To make this dish even quicker, use tin fruit. No need to cook just drain the fruit.
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What’s your favourite crumble filling?
