This simple apple crumble recipe is a great way to use up leftover fruit and it's super yummy too.

Ingredients (serves 4)

  • 3 large cooking apples
  • 3 tbsp caster sugar
  • 3 tbsp water
  • 125g plain white flour
  • 75g butter
  • 25g demerara sugar
  • 50g porridge oats

You will need:

Ovenproof dish


Handy tip

Make extra crumble and freeze ready to be sprinkled over whatever seasonal fruits you have to hand

  1. Peel, core and slice some cooking apples (or whatever fruit you are using) and put them in the bottom of an oven proof dish
  2. Sprinkle with caster sugar and water
  3. Get your children to mix the flour, marg and brown sugar until they are like breadcrumbs or, alternatively whizz the mixture for 15 seconds in a food processor
  4. Stir in the oats and put the mixture on top of the apples
  5. Bake at 190'C/Gas mark 5 for 40 to 45 mins
  6. Allow to cool slightly and serve custard, cream or vanilla ice-cream

Why not try...

  • If you use cooking apples instead of eating apples, you will need to add 1-2 tsp of sugar per apple, before topping with the crumble mixture
  • Add 1/2 tsp of cinnamon to the apples for extra flavour
  • Use pears, rhubarb, orange or blueberries instead of the apples or mix two different fruits together - and if you don't have fresh fruit use tinned fruit instead
  • For a crunchier topping add pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, nuts (macadamias, walnuts, brazils etc) roughly chopped to the crumble