Another ‘monster’ apple crumble coming up…

Ooohhh! Love a good crumble.......with lashing of custard of course!

Witzend

At least I’ll be using that monster tin (40 x 28 cm!) again.
Big extended family pre 🎄 do up north, so in addition to the usual cheese straws, I’m providing mince pies and the crumble - I think I’ll add some frozen blackberries to it.
I shall be very busy cooking the day before we drive up!

For the topping the first time I guessed a kilo of flour, and 500g each of fat and sugar, which turned out pretty much spot on. I will cook it beforehand, since it won’t be eaten until the day after we arrive.

Do you use muscovado as our daughters do?

Apple crumble with loads of custard....aww Witzend save me some...lol

I substitue some of the flour with porridge oats and use muscovado.

It makes a crmblier topping.

I had to go to 3 shops before finding frozen blackberries, but Waitrose had some. Now ready and waiting in the freezer.

I will have to provide plenty of custard and cream! I think there may be as many as 20, inc. at least half a dozen kids, at the do.

Plus ice cream please!

Auntieflo

Plus ice cream please!

Won’t be able to take that - will just have to hope they’ve got some!

Marydoll

I substitue some of the flour with porridge oats and use muscovado.

It makes a crmblier topping.

I’ll probably stick to my bog-standard method, flour and caster sugar - Granny’s crumbles are a frequently requested item by sundry Gdcs and their cousins, so I’m afraid I dare not deviate from the usual!

With that size tin, you could do half and half.. I like both toppings.. and I like crumbles with greek yoghurt.. I've just had blackberries delivered by Ocado so might be making a crumble soon.. Enjoy

There are only two of us. Crumble is just the fastest pudding to prepare and bung in the oven alongside anything I'm roasting. I keep frozen fruit in the freezer to throw in the base, still frozen, with a bit of sugar and I make a decent amount of crumble topping every few weeks and keep it in a large jar in the fridge ready to tip some on top. I particularly like blueberry crumble.

Salti, my MiL always used to keep some crumble topping ready in the fridge. I never have, but then unless we’ve got guests, puddings are a rarity in this house - we’d both be as fat as 🐷🐷 if we had them very often.

Marydoll

I substitue some of the flour with porridge oats and use muscovado.

It makes a crmblier topping.

Same here. Nothing like a great crumble, tomorrow, apple and cinnamon.

Some oats, brown sugar and mixed spice along with chopped nuts added to standard crumble mix.... adds bite!!