Apple Crumble Bars
HB-5430 · Hand-built original · Western
Apple slices spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg baked between a short pastry base and an oat crumble.
Main ingredient: apples
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
Ingredients
- 4½ oz / 1 stick unsalted butter (melted)
- 2 cups flour (plain/all purpose)
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup rolled oats
- 3 - 4 large granny smith apples (cut into 1/3" dice(~4 cups))
- 1/4 cup plain flour
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- Salted caramel sauce
- Ice cream!
Method
- Heat the oven to 350°F and line a square tin with parchment.
- Rub or mix the butter, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, then mix in the egg to form a dough.
- Press two-thirds into the tin and sprinkle the oats over the rest to form a crumble.
- Toss the apples with the flour, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and spread over the base.
- Crumble the remaining dough over the top.
- Bake 35 minutes until golden and the apples are tender. Cool, slice, and serve with salted caramel sauce and ice cream.
Prep: 20 min · Cook: 35 min · Total: 55 min