Apple Cranberry Crumble

5 from 1 vote

Cinnamon brown sugar apples baked with a layer of cranberries and topped with an oat and pecan streusel, this cranberry apple crumble is quick and simple.

Prep Time20

Cook Time30

Total Time50

Course: Afternoon Kaffee, Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apple, Cranberry, crumble

Servings:

Calories: 496kcal

Equipment

5"x5" ceramic baking dish *see tips for alternatives

Ingredients

Apple Cranberry Filling

1 apple medium size, honey crisp
1/2 lemon juiced
1.5 teaspoons cinnamon
30 grams brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
15 grams all purpose flour
60 grams cranberries fresh, more or less as needed

Streusel

30 grams unsalted butter soft
25 grams brown sugar
1/4 teaspoons salt
1.5 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
40 grams all purpose flour
10 grams rolled oats or quick cooking
15 grams pecans chopped

Instructions

Apple Cranberry Filling

Preheat the oven to 350 F and place a rack in the center of the oven.
Rinse the apple and dice it into 1" chunks removing the core. Add it into your baking dish and toss with the juice of half a lemon.
Sprinkle the apple with brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and a touch of salt and stir to combine. Finally sprinkle on 15 grams of flour and stir once more to combine.
Set aside while you make the streusel.

Streusel

In a medium bowl use a fork to stir together the soft butter, vanilla, cinnamon, sugar and salt. Pour in the flour and oats.
Using the fork again, rub the butter mixture into the dry ingredients until all of it has been fully mixed in. Then toss in the chopped pecans and mix once more.

Assemble and Bake

Rinse the cranberries and pack them in on top of the apple.
Clump the streusel and pack it over the fruit. It's ok if the whole thing is a bit mounded.
Place the dish on a baking sheet and into the preheated oven. Bake for 30 minutes until the fruit is bubbling and the streusel is golden brown. The main indicator should be that the cranberries are bubbling. You may need to bake longer if using a bigger baking dish but it should be about the same amount of time as long as your baking dish isn't more than 2" deep.
Once baked, remove from the oven and leave to cool for 5-10 minutes on a wire rack just so you don't burn your mouth.
To serve, optionally top with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or a vanilla custard sauce.

Notes

Tips for making an Apple Crumble

I made this in a small 5" x 5" ceramic baking dish because I didn't feel like making a big one but if you are making it for a large group I recommend a 12" diameter round ceramic baking dish. In that case, scale the recipe up about 4.5x. Unlike a berry crumble, this apple crumble should be FULL ok like mounded on top of the baking dish or pan. Apples shrink while baking so if you under fill it, the crumble will look sad and flat after baking.
Ideally you want to use an apple that's a bit more on the tart side. I like to use honeycrisp but green apple or pink lady work too! If you can't find cranberries, a layer of blackberries or raspberries on top would also be delicious!
For Christmas I actually used this recipe but baked it in a pie pan with pie dough and it worked perfectly! It does take a while to bake in a pie, close to an hour and a half so if it starts to get too dark, simply lay a piece of foil over the top.
I recommend baking it on a baking dish because we are piling it so high, a cranberry or two has been known to all off the edge while baking.
This is one of those recipes where you need to look for a visual clue to know that it's done. The key is to see the cranberries bubbling at the edges. If the cranberries aren't bubbling it isn't done.
Top this with anything from vanilla ice cream, to whipped cream, to vanilla custard sauce or leave it plain!

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