Apple crumble (Mary Berry’s)
Nothing beats a bowl of apple crumble with a bit of custard or ice-cream. this apple crumble based on a mary berry recipe is the perfect autumnal dessert.
This Mary Berry apple crumble is the ultimate autumn dessert, but that’s not to say you can’t enjoy it all year round.
Nothing beats a bowl of traditional, basic apple crumble with a bit of custard or ice-cream and this is a great apple crumble recipe for kids because it’s really simple to make. I’m sure there are loads of recipes for making it, but I this one based on Mary Berry’s apple crumble. The fruit is soft, and delicious with hints of cinnamon, while the topping is sweet and crumbly. It’s the perfect autumnal dessert.
How can kids help make apple crumble?
You can make crumble in a food processor but we normally like to make it by hand. It means the kids can rub the butter and sugar in with their fingers which is an easy but fun task. Older children can help chop the apple, or you can do it yourself and get them to add it to your dish and sprinkle the crumble on top.
If you’ve got young children wanting to get involved you can get them to add the apples and crumble topping to the baking dish. Both are nice easy jobs, that even very young children and toddlers should manage.
What apples are best for apple crumble?
I like an apple with a slight tartness to it to balance the sweetness of the crumble topping. Granny Smith apples, Bramley apples or even Braeburn apples all work well in a crumble. We used 3 large cooking apples to fill our pie dish.
You can also use eating apples (Royal Gala or Fuji apples for example) or any apples you’ve grown in your garden if you prefer, although you might want to adjust the sweetness and add slightly less sugar if you’re using a very sweet apple. If you use a regular sized eating apple, you might need about 6 to fill your baking dish.
What do you serve Mary Berry’s apple crumble with?
This apple crumble is delicious on its own, but if you want to really treat yourself we always enjoy it while it’s still warm with a serving of ice cream or custard.
How do you store it?
We always keep our crumble in the fridge, but if don’t have any space you can keep it out overnight, covered at room temperature.
Can you freeze it?
Yes. Once the crumble has been baked and cooled, you can wrap it well or pop it in an air tight container and put it in the freezer. It will keep in the freezer for up to 3 months. To serve it, defrost it and reheat it in the oven until the filling is piping hot.
Can you reheat a crumble?
Yes. You can reheat an apple crumble in the oven the next day on a medium heat for about 20 minutes until the apples are nice and hot.
Other crumble recipes
If you like this apple crumble, why not try one of our other easy crumble recipes:
Peach crumble
Apple and blackberry crumble
Rhubarb crumble
Caramel apple crumble
Plum and apple crumble
Strawberry crumble
Pear crumble
Or if you have more apples you want to use up, why not try one of these apple based recipes:
Apple cake
Blueberry and apple muffins
Apple pinwheels
Apple cinnamon muffins
Apple flapjacks
Caramel apple loaf
Eve’s pudding (apple sponge pudding)
Apple traybake
Caramel apple cinnamon rolls
Apple cupcakes
Apple turnovers
Apple and blackberry cake
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 25 minutes + 40 minutes baking
Serves: 8
Useful equipment
You might need the following baking tools/gadgets to make this apple crumble
Digital scales
Mixing bowl
Food processor
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Pie dish
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Ingredients
For the filling
3 medium cooking (Bramley) apples
60g (1/3 cup) demerara sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
For the crumble topping
250g (2 cups) Self-raising flour
90g (1/2 cup) Butter
150g (3/4 cup) Light Muscovado sugar
How to make Mary Berry’s apple crumble
Preheat the oven to 170 fan (190C, gas mark 5)
Prepare the apples
Peel, core and chop the apples. If your kid are old enough they can help chop up the apples, just make sure they keep their fingers safe by making a bridge over the top of the knife. Luckily, as apples soften as you cook them, it doesn’t matter too much if they’re not cut perfectly evenly.
Once you’ve roughly chopped the apples places them in a baking dish.
Mix the sugar and cinnamon together, then sprinkle them on top of the apples. Set the dish aside while you prepare the topping.
Make the crumble topping
Start by getting your kids to measure out the flour and butter. Cut the butter into small pieces, and add them to a large mixing bowl.
You can make the crumble mix by hand by rubing the butter and flour together with your fingers until it resembles a breadcrumbs. While you’re doing it, shake the bowl to make larger pieces come to the surface then rub them in. It works best with cold butter and cold hands. Heat can make it go a bit clumpy, but don’t worry, it’ll still taste nice.
Doing this by hand can be a fun way to get your hands dirty but if you’re short for time doing it in a food processor is much faster. Use the pulse setting to mix everything until it’s ready – it doesn’t take long.
Once the butter and flour have been mixed together, measure out the sugar and add that to your mixing bowl. Mix it in with a spoon.
Make the apple crumble
Get your kids to spoon or help pour the crumble mixture on top of the apples. Make sure you get a nice even coverage all over the apples.
Bake the apple crumble for 35-40 minutes
It’s ready when the top looks golden and the apples have softened (check with a skewer or sharp knife if you’re not sure).
Remove it from the oven, serve and enjoy.
Apple crumble
Ingredients
For the filling
- 3 medium cooking Bramley apples
- 60g (⅓ cup) demerara sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
For the crumble topping
- 250 g (2 cups) Self-raising flour
- 90 g (½ cup) Butter
- 150 g (¾ cup) Light muscovado sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 190C/170C fan/350F
Prepare the apples and place them in a baking dish.
- Peel, core and chop the apples and add them to your baking dish. Mix the cinnamon with the sugar and sprinkle it on top of your apples
Make the crumble topping
- Measure the butter and flour into a bowl. If you are making the breadcrumbs by hand, rub the mixture between your fingers until you have a fine breadcrumb. Alternatively you can use a use a food processor to blast it all together into a crumb.
- Add the sugar to the butter/flour mixture and mix it in.
- Pour or spoon over the crumble mix
Bake for 35-40 minutes
- It’s ready when the top looks golden and the apples have softened (check with a skewer or sharp knife if you’re not sure).
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This recipe was first published in March 2019 and updated in August 2023.
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