Easy Apple And Blackberry Crumble
A super easy Apple and Blackberry Crumble recipe - mmmm spoon this delicious cosy fall dessert into bowl then dollop on the custard or clotted cream!
WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS APPLE AND BLACKBERRY CRUMBLE RECIPE
Super Easy To Make - the best thing about fruit crumbles is that they're really easy to prepare and cook. These are rustic desserts, and you don't need to be neat or careful - just throw it together and it'll still taste great!
Perfect Autumn Dessert - apple and blackberry crumble is the BEST fall dessert. Filled with seasonal fruit and berries, and if it's a cold day, pour on the warm custard. And if the sun is shining, add a scoop of vanilla ice cream or clotted cream.
APPLE AND BLACKBERRY CRUMBLE RECIPE
- Serves – 6
- Prep Time – 20 minutes
- Cook Time – approx 40 minutes
- Total Time – approx 1 hour
- Our Most Popular Alternative – Toffee Apple Crumble
EQUIPMENT NEEDED
- Kitchen scales
- Oven proof dish - or medium baking dish
- Knife
- Chopping board
- Mixing bowl
- Teaspoon
- Tablespoon
INGREDIENTS FOR APPLE AND BLACKBERRY CRUMBLE
For the fruit filling
- Seasonal apples these need to be peeled, cored and cut into small bitesized cubes. You can use Bramley apples if you like - whichever you prefer.
- Blackberries - there's lots of places in the UK you can forage blackberries - check out our blackberry picking guide here.
- Brown sugar - I use soft brown sugar in this recipe
For the crumble topping
- Plain flour (all purpose flour)
- Ground cinnamon - cinnamon goes so perfectly with apples and it smells deliciously autumnal as it cooks.
- Soft light brown sugar
- Butter - use unsalted butter, it'll taste nicer.
HOW TO MAKE APPLE AND BLACKBERRY CRUMBLE
Step One - preheat the oven
- Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 4 - grab our handy oven temperature conversion chart (with free printable to keep in the kitchen)
Step Two - prepare the blackberry and apple
- Whilst the oven is warming up simply scatter the apples and fresh blackberries into the bottom of your crumbled dish.
- And then sprinkle over the heaped tablespoon of brown sugar. Stir the sugar gently into the fruit so that the fruit all has a dusty covering.
Step Three - mix up the crumble topping
- Mix up the crumble topping. Add the flour and cinnamon to a large bowl.
- Tip in the butter and rub it into the mixture until you have a crumbly chunky breadcrumb type consistency.
- Then mix in the brown sugar.
Cooks Note! If you prefer your crumble topping with oats - grab our oat crumble topping recipe here and use that instead.
Step Five - put together the apple and blackberry crumble
- Spoon the crumbly mixture topping over the fruit - don't press the crumble topping down, keep it light and loose, you want the fruit to ooze up deliciously during cooking.
Step Six - bake the apple blackberry crumble in the oven
- Bake in the oven for around 40-45 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the fruit tender.
WHAT TO SERVE WITH APPLE AND BLACKBERRY CRUMBLE
This delicious dessert is perfect for autumn served with thick warm vanilla custard.
Or if it's a warm autumn day opt for vanilla ice-cream or even a dollop of Cornish clotted cream would work really well. Our crumble is delicious with any topping!
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RECIPE TIPS AND INGREDIENT SWAPS
You can swap and change the ingredients in your fruit crumble to suit your own tastes. You could try any of the crumble ideas below.
- Switching the blackberries for strawberries or raspberries for a summer crumble pudding.
- Try using a pears instead of apples or a mixture of both.
- Swap the ground cinnamon for ground ginger.
- If you don't fancy making your own crumble topping - cheat and buy a bag of ready made.
- Make it gluten-free - crumble is one of those recipes that is easily switched to gluten free, just swap the wheat flour for gluten-free and check all other ingredients used are free from gluten too.
Find out how to make crumble topping with oats here
MORE BLACKBERRY RECIPES
If you've a glut of foraged blackberries then we've got two delicious blackberry recipes for you to have a go at.
Check out our guide on how to wash blackberries and how to freeze blackberries and store them properly here.
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Easy Apple And Blackberry Crumble
A delicious seasonal autumn dessert recipe.
Ingredients
For the fruit filling
- 800g eating apples peeled and chopped into bitesized cubes
- 150g blackberries
- 1 heaped tbs brown sugar
For the crumble topping
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 250g plain flour
- 160g brown sugar
- 200g butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 4
- Whilst the oven is warming up simply scatter the apples and blackberries into the bottom of your crumbled dish.
- Then then tip over the heaped tablespoon of brown sugar. Stir the sugar gently into the fruit so that the fruit all has a dusty covering.
- Mix up the crumble topping. Add the flour and cinnamon to a mixing bowl.
- Tip in the butter and rub it into the mixture until you have a crumbly chunky breadcrumb type consistency.
- Then mix in the brown sugar.
- Spoon the crumble topping over the fruit – don’t press the crumble topping down, keep it light and loose, you want the fruit to ooze up deliciously during cooking.
- Bake in the oven for around 40-45 minutes or until the top is browning and the fruit tender.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 580Total Fat: 28gSaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 72mgSodium: 225mgCarbohydrates: 81gFiber: 6gSugar: 43gProtein: 5g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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