Apple Crumble, King Arthur

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 lbs granny smith apples (about 5 medium to large)
• 1 lb apples, mcintosh (about 2 large) or 1 lb apple, cortland (about 2 large)
• 1/4 cup rum or 1/4 cup apple cider
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons boiled cider (optional but good)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger, ground
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup rolled oats, old fashioned
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 8 tablespoons butter (one stick)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 peel, core and slice the apples into 1/4-inch-thick pieces.
• 3 place them in a bowl with the remainder of the filling ingredients and stir vigorously to combine. in the process, the apple pieces will break into smaller bits; this is fine.
• 4 spoon the apple mixture into a lightly greased 9x9 cake pan, or a ceramic pan of similar capacity and surface area.
• 5 topping:.
• 6 in a medium bowl, stir together the flour, oats, salt, brown sugar, cinnamon and baking powder. add the butter, cutting it in as you would when making piecrust.
• 7 mix until crumbly; if you work it too much the mixture will clump together, so use a light touch but be thorough.
• 8 sprinkle topping over the filling.
• 9 bake the crumble for 1-1/2 hours or until it's hot and bubbly and a deep, golden brown. remove it from the oven and let it cool to lukewarm before serving.