Individual Apple Crumble

Makes 6 single-serving crumbles

INGREDIENTS:

apple crumble with spoon, ice cream, and carmel drizzle

  • Apple Layer
    • 1 Tbs unsalted butter
    • 3 large apples (480g) peeled and cubed 1/4 - 1/2 inch thick
    • 3 Tbs brown sugar
    • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
    • 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
  • Topping
    • 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
    • 1 cup all-purpose flour
    • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
    • pinch of salt
    • 6 Tbs unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
DIRECTIONS:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Brush inside of ramekins with 1 Tbs melted butter to grease them, and line them on a baking sheet.
  2. In a large bowl, stir the apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg together. Divide apples into ramekins.
  3. Make crumble topping: Using a fork, mix the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt together in a medium bowl.
  4. Fold melted butter into mix. Keep the mixture as large crumbles and do not overmix.
  5. Sprinkle evenly over the top of the apples in ramekins. Press down into apples if needed, but it's fine to have crumble piled high.
  6. Bake for 32 - 36 minutes or until topping is lightly toasted and apples appear softened.
  7. Remove from the oven and serve warm or with ice cream.

NOTES:
This was much easier to make with the kids instead of apple pie, and is a great use of pick-yourself-apples from the orchard where you might not remember which kind of apples you got.