Apple berry crumble

Everyone needs a brilliant crumble in their bag of tricks! It’s a crowd-pleasing dessert, and you can even eat the leftovers as an indulgent brekkie granola! - by Better Homes and Gardens

Andre Martin

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Ingredients

4 Granny Smith apples (about 800g in total), peeled, cored

2 cups frozen mixed berries

¹⁄³ cup caster sugar

Cream, custard or ice‑cream, to serve

Crumble topping

1 cup plain flour

120g butter, chilled, chopped

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup rolled oats

1 tsp ground cinnamon

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C. Cut apples into 2cm cubes and put in a small roasting pan or slice tin (about 30 x 20cm). Add berries and sugar and toss to combine, then cover with foil. Put pan in a larger oven tray to catch any cooking juices. Bake for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, to make crumble topping, put flour in a large bowl. Add butter, rubbing together with fingers until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add remaining topping ingredients and rub together.
Remove pan from oven and discard foil. Spread topping evenly over fruit to cover. Bake for a further 35 minutes or until topping is golden and fruit is bubbling.
Allow to cool for five minutes. Serve warm with cream, custard or ice-cream.