Apple Streusel Slice

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 180 g butter, softened
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 large granny smith apple, peeled and cored
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup plain flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 30 g butter, softened

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius.
• 2 grease and line a 3x18x28cm slab pan with baking paper.
• 3 using an electric mixer, cream butter and caster sugar until pale and creamy.
• 4 mix in the egg in two batches.
• 5 sift flour, baking powder, and cinnamon over the butter mixture. fold through with a large metal spoon.
• 6 spread the mixture evenly in the pan. top with diced apple.
• 7 make the streusel topping: combine brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in a bowl. rub in the butter using your fingers until clumps form. crumble the topping over the slice.
• 8 bake for 45-50 minutes until golden and an inserted skewer comes out clean.
• 9 cool in pan, then cut into squares to serve. would go well with vanilla ice-cream.