Apple Crumble Recipe (No Oats)

This warm and cozy apple crumble is an old fashioned dessert that everyone loves. Sweet cinnamon-spiced apples covered in a brown sugar crumb topping. Serve warm topped with vanilla ice cream.

It’s our first new apple recipe of the season and it is a winner. You guys are going to love this apple crumble! Tender cinnamon-spiced apples covered in a buttery brown sugar crumb topping. This recipe joins our Apple Cobbler and our popular Apple Crisp. Crisps, cobblers, and crumbles are our favorite way to bake with apples.

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Recipe overview

Apples: Thinly sliced apples are tossed with apple juice, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. A couple tablespoons of flour thicken the apple mixture and then they get placed in a baking dish.

Crumb topping: Combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, flour, salt, and cinnamon. Cut cold butter into the dry ingredients until you have a crumbly mixture with small pieces of butter all throughout.

Baking: Start baking this apple crumble covered with foil. This allows the apples to begin to soften without the topping burning. After about 20 minutes, remove the foil and let the crumble finish cooking uncovered. Once the juices are bubbling, the topping is golden brown, and the apples are tender, it is done!

What is the difference between an apple crisp and an apple crumble?

The fruit filling of our crisp and crumble are the same; it is the topping that is different. An apple crisp topping includes oats and uses melted butter, which create a crispier texture while baking in the oven. An apple crumble topping is more of a traditional crumb topping (no oats), similar to what you would see on an apple pie or a crumb cake. Cold butter gets cut into the flour and sugar creating a drier, almost sandy texture.

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