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When I stayed at a friend's house in Cornwall earlier this month we had an apple blackberry crumble for dessert one evening. The apples were from the garden, the blackberries picked from hedges in the area of Angarrack. Such a treat! When I returned to Germany I wanted to make an apple crumble with a similiar crumble topping containing lots of oats.

I found a recipe in an old copy of BBC Good Food which had exellent ratings on their website. To sweeten the apple and to provide a little acidity fresh orange juice and a few table spoons of apricot jam were added.

The crumble topping required a little golden syrup. But having maple syrup at hand I took the maple syrup.

This juicy and crunchy crumble was a big hit with my family! Will make it over and over again. I highly recommend to others to try this recipe!

Ingredients [what I altered]

1.1kg eating apples , such as Coxes or Boskop (but a granny smith will work as well) [I took 700 g]
3-4 tbsp apricot jam [2 tbs]
juice 1 large orange [juice of half an orange]

For the crumble

140g porridge oats [70 g]
100g plain flour [50 g]
1 tsp ground cinnamon [1/2 tsp]
100g butter [50 g; I took melted butter]
100g light muscovado sugar [50 g of light brown sugar]
1 tbsp golden syrup [1 tbs maple syrup]

Method

1. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples and mix with the jam and orange juice. [I first mixed the jam with the orange juice] Spread evenly over a buttered 1.5-litre ovenproof dish, not too deep.

2. Mix the oats, flour and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add the butter in small chunks [or melted butter - much easier to mix!] and rub in gently. Stir in the sugar and rub in again. Drizzle over the syrup, mixing with a knife so it forms small clumps. [Mixed it with a fork - worked like a charm] Sprinkle evenly over the apples and bake for 30-35 mins until the juices from the apples start to bubble up. Cool for 10 mins, then serve with custard, cream, ice cream or even cornish clotted cream like I did!

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