Making apple crumble

Keep it simple !
80z sr flour
4oz sugar
4 oz block butter
Put in food mixer , switch on till correct crumble consistency.
No oats, no nuts.
Use any type of sugar.

Shame you’re anti-oats! I use half and half packet crumble and oats and then add a handful of chopped mixed nuts (also from a packet). Worth checking the crumble mix for sugar content - they do differ.

I don't know why it's contentious. OP said she can no longer rub flour into butter and so couldn't make crumble. I was just offering a pain free solution.

I suppose a food processor might do the job too but not everyone has one...

keepingquiet

You can buy crumble mix ready done in a packet.

A bit contentious keepingquiet.
Although I wish my mother had know about this!
Her crumbles smelt wonderful but the texture would even challenge Hadgrid! 😶

I’ve just made a peach and raspberry one using melted butter and oats for Sunday lunch. I’ll let you know how it turns out, my daughter will be here for lunch and she is a crumble connoisseur!

I grate butter into flour and sugar, mix with a fork.

MiniMoon

I whizz fat I to flour in my blender, but there is a tool you can buy for this purpose.

I have one of these that I bought online, but I also have my Mum's original wood and wire one that she bought at the Ideal Home Exhibition in 1948!

MiniMoon

I whizz fat I to flour in my blender, but there is a tool you can buy for this purpose.

I have one of these this gets the mixture going fine.
I bought one as I don't like the feel under my nails.

The crumble in a packet is really good if you can’t rub the butter into the flour.
My mams tried and tested recipe is simple.
5oz SR flour
Rub in 3oz Butter
Add 3oz brown sugar
Perfect every time.
No nuts or added oats.

I whizz fat I to flour in my blender, but there is a tool you can buy for this purpose.

The best apple crumble I ever, ever had was in a restaurant in Boston USA. I’ve tried to replicate it and failed.

Now I’m wondering if it was done with melted butter.

I’m going to give it a try this week.🤔🙂

If you don't have a food processor, are your hands strong enough to grate the butter? Get it really cold or freeze it first then grate it, mix with flour and a little sugar.

If you do have a food processor, it takes seconds and you can make a big batch and freeze some in bags for another time.

Never tried with the butter melted but always put a handful of oats in mine.

You can buy crumble mix ready done in a packet.

I don’t have a food processor neither did my Mum, she used melted butter and mixed it with a fork, it worked ok.

I make the crumble mix in my food processor - flour, brown sugar, butter and a handful of nuts.

Hmm, I haven't melted it, but do you have a food processor? Just whiz the mixture together.

If not, then give the melted butter a try. I think the difference is the final texture of the crumble topping, it will be finer, and not as chunky, if you see what I mean.

Use a crumble mix