APPLE CRUMBLE

APPLE CRUMBLE

200 grams plain flour 

100 grams Quaker Oats or any other oats

A Pinch of salt 

3 tablespoons brown sugar 

200 grams butter

1/2 teaspoon baking powder 

For the filling

3 medium sized apples- peeled, cored and cut into small chunks

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 tablespoon flour

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 

Place the flour, oats, brown sugar and salt in a large bowl and mix together. Mix the butter into this flour mixture with your finger tips till it resembles  bread crumbs. Keep aside 

Mix the apples, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon together in another bowl

Butter a suitable ovenproof dish. Spoon some of the flour mixture and spread evenly. Place all the Apple filling over this layer

Now spread the remaining flour mixture over flour the Apple filling. Dot all over with a few blobs of butter and sprinkle some white sugar / castor sugar on top. 

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for about 30 minutes or more till the Crumble is browned and the Apple mixture is bubbling. Remove  from the oven and cool.  

Serve with thick cream or custard

Note: you could use any other fruit such as pineapple, strawberry etc instead of Apple if desired