A for Apple Crumble

I love baking, and I love baked food. When I'm bored, I watch videos of cinnamon rolls being baked, or cheese melting in an oven, or cookies rising ... you get the drift.

Happy was the day that I discovered that Apple Crumble is really easy to make - and I didn't have to make the trip to Sandy's just to have one of my favourite desserts.

The best part? The Apple is a fruit, which makes it an almost guilt-free dessert to bake.

So here's the recipe that I use: [It's found in multiple sites, and it's too basic, so I've not added any attributions, and writing down the steps as I make them]

Ingredients:

For the Apple Base:

1. Apples - 3 to 4 medium sized
2. Cinnamon - 1 piece/ Cinnamon Powder - 1 pinch
3. Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
4. Brown Sugar - 2 to 3 Tbsp (based on how sweet you prefer it)
5. Water to boil
6. Pinch of salt

For the crumble

1. Butter - 3 Table Spoons
2. Flour - 3/4 cup
3. Brown Sugar - 3/4 cup 

Method:

• Peel and cut the apples to a small size (do this just before you're ready to boil the apples - to prevent browning and softening)
• To boiling water, add the sugar, pinch of salt, cinnamon - give it a stir to mix. Add the apples to this mix and let it simmer for 7 mins.
• Drain the excess water, remove the cinnamon if you've added it as a piece, and transfer to baking dish. I prefer to fill this up to 3/4 to 1 inch high
• In another dish, mix with a spoon the butter, flour and brown sugar - mix with hand only, don't use beaters - You will have a coarse powdered-biscuit kind of mixture.That's the crumble.
• Add the crumble to the top of the apple which is in the baking dish. Be generous so there's at least 1/4 to 1/2 inch of crumble atop the apple.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes at 180 C. It does bubble sometimes when it's being bakes - which is completely normal.
• Enjoy with ice cream. Or just eat it straight off the baking dish ;)

Bon APpetit!