Apple crumble
Works in the UK and the US. This version uses UK words and measures (hob, grams, gas marks); the US version uses stove, cups and °F. · US version of this page
A family pudding: peeling and slicing fruit, rubbing in, and baking.
- Serves 4
- About 55 min
- Oven
- Best for: KS2 (ages 7–11)
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 3 cooking apples (such as Bramley)
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 150 g plain flour – contains gluten
- 75 g butter, cold, cut into cubes – contains milk
- 50 g demerara or soft brown sugar
Need a different amount? Use the recipe scaler.
Equipment
- peeler
- chopping board
- small vegetable knife
- mixing bowl
- ovenproof dish
- oven gloves
Safety first
- Wash your hands for 20 seconds.
- Use oven gloves for anything that has been in the oven.
- Keep the area around the oven door clear.
Allergens: Cereals containing gluten, Milk. Always read every label and ask about allergies before anyone cooks or tastes.
Method
- An adult turns the oven on to 180 °C (160 °C fan, gas 4).
- Peel, quarter and core the apples, then slice them with the claw grip into the dish. Sprinkle over the tablespoon of sugar. (Younger children: Peel the apples with a peeler. An adult cores and slices them.)
- Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips, lifting the mixture to let air in, until it looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the brown sugar.
- Sprinkle the crumble over the apples. Do not press it down.
- An adult puts the dish in the oven. Bake for about 30 minutes until golden and bubbling at the edges.
- An adult takes it out with oven gloves. Leave it to cool for 10 minutes – the fruit stays very hot.
What this recipe teaches
Using an oven safely, Knife skills: the claw grip, Rubbing in, Assembling a dish. Steps marked “Adult” are done by an adult.
Try the interactive lesson
Step by step: a quick safety check, questions marked by Classfern, timers for each cooking step, then an honest look at how it went – a teacher or parent judges the cooking, and learners rate their own work. Photos of the finished dish stay at home.
Use the code your teacher gave you – never your name. Progress is kept on this device.