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"Have you shared this one on the blog?", my husband asked a few days ago. We had spent the day with family and halfway through the afternoon, I decided a sweet treat would be nice.
I spotted the bowl of pink-blushed golden apples and knew exactly what I'd make. I flipped on the oven and by the time the little bell went off, letting me know it was pre-heated, my dessert was ready to go.
Thirty minutes later, Scott and I were dolloping bowls full of warm apple crisp with big scoops of vanilla ice cream. We presented them to our relaxed guests, who hadn't even had time to miss us and, well, let's just say there were exclaims of delight. And then silence ... as everyone savored the simple, delicious dessert.
I've been making this apple crumble for so long, I could probably do it in my sleep. When Scott asked if I'd shared in here at The Café, I felt like I'd been keeping a secret from you. A really wonderful secret. You see, any time I need a super fast, sure-to-please dessert, this is my go-to recipe. It's made with the most basic ingredients; apples, butter, sugar and flour.
That's it ... usually.
This time, I had a bit of fun with my old stand by recipe and added a handful of crushed Biscoff cookies to the crumble mixture. It didn't take much extra time but was a delightful variation. I also used individual shallow serving dishes, drizzling each one with a bit of my Ridiculously Easy Caramel Sauce. Voila! A humble little dessert istransformed into special-occasion fare!
Are you ever in a "culinary dessert-dilemma"? Perhaps it's unexpected guests or a party at work you've forgotten all about ................... maybe you have kids that are forever inviting an extra friend for dinner. Maybe there's a neighbor you want to say "I care" to but you're time is tight., It might just be that someone (maybe you) has a major sweet tooth and needs a yummy sweet treat.
Whatever the situation is, I promise you'll feel like quite the magician with this super easy recipe up your sleeve. Everyone seems to go crazy over a warm apple dessert and no one will believe how fast you can whip this up .............. and how amazingly delicious its. Trust me, you definitely want this World's Easiest Apple Crumblein your bag of tricks!
P.S. Be sure to serve thisWorld's Easiest Apple CrumblewithRidiculously Easy Caramel Sauce. This dessert sauce isso easy to make, it's ridiculous.Ridiculously delicioustoo!!
If you want to skip the Biscoff cookies it will still be crazy good!
5 from 3 votes
Easiest Apple Crumble
World's Easiest Apple Crumble - so easy and so... delicious!
Author: Chris Scheuer
Course:Dessert
Ingredients
- 5-6medium Golden Delicious apples**about 6 cups, peeled, cored and sliced
- 1cupsugar
- 1teaspooncinnamon
- 1stick butter4 ounces, melted
- 1cupall-purpose flourpossibly a bit more
- 12Biscoff*** cookiescrushed
- pinchof salt
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350˚F. Spray a 9-10-inch round or square baking dish or 6-8 individual baking dishes* with cooking spray.
Pour apples into baking dish(s), mounding a bit on top, if needed. Sprinkle with ½ cup sugar and the cinnamon. (If you want a less sweet dessert, omit this ½ cup sugar and just use the ½ cup sugar specified for the crumble topping.)
Combine flour, ½ cup sugar, Biscoff crumbs and salt. Stir to combine.
Add butter and stir with a fork until large, wet crumbs form. If mixture is too wet and doesn’t form crumbs, add a bit more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time. Stir with fork after each addition until large crumbs do form.
Take crumb mixture with your hands and pile on top of apples, trying to keep fairly large crumbs intact. If using individual pans, divide mixture evenly. Place pan(s) on a large sheet pan.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until crumbs are golden brown. Remove from oven. Serve warm with ice cream, if desired and Ridiculously Easy Caramel Sauce drizzled on top.
Recipe Notes
* ~ I used -inch ceramic, individual baking dishes and got 6 servings. If your dishes are smaller, you will probably get 8 servings.
** ~ You can actually use any good baking apple, though I wouldn’t use a super hard apple like a Granny Smith. I love baking with Golden Delicious or Ginger Gold apples.
*** ~ More and more grocers are beginning to carry these delicious Belgian cookies. They have them now at my most common market. Walmart and Target also carry them. If you can’t find Biscoff, you can make the recipe without. Just follow the directions and omit the cookies. If you have another favorite cookie, you could substitute it for the Biscoff cookies. I think Lorna Dunes or Nutter Butters or even graham crackers would be wonderful. I've also made this crumble lots of times without any cookies and it's fantastic.
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Donna Colman says
I made a double batch of this and served it with homemade vanilla bean ice cream for a family gathering last night. It was a huge hit!
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Chris Scheuer says
Awesome! Thank you for letting us know, Dawn!
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Christopher says
This is sooooongood. I used graham crackers as I had no Biscoffs. This is a wonderful way to make a warm, comforting apple dessert. It made my wife very happy.
Next up I will try peaches.
Thanks for all your great work at the cafe!
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Chris Scheuer says
Yay! Thanks so much for letting us know, Christopher!
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Rhonda Hull says
I noticed that the recipe calls for 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Does the cinnamon go in with the apples or does it go in the crumb mixture? Thank you!
Rhonda
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Chris Scheuer says
Thanks for noticing that Rhonda, I fixed the recipe!
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Maya says
Fantastic recipe. Even better with homemade biscoff cookies, for those of you that don't have a very prominent sweet tooth.
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Chris Scheuer says
Thanks so much, Maya!
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Kate says
My sweet tooth is urging my to make this! It looks so delicious: apples, Biscoff and caramel, oh my!
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Jodee Weiland says
This recipe looks so delicious, Chris! I love caramel with apples and this looks perfect...thanks for sharing!
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Cheryl says
do you use self-rising or plain flour for the world's easiest apple crumble
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Chris Scheuer says
Thanks for letting me know. We love this one too 🙂
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Sarah C says
I made this today and it was amazing and so easy…thank you!
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Anonymous says
I did this recipe with Petit écolier biscuits instead of biscoff and it is superduper delicious ! many thanks !
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Theresa @ Delicacious says
A lovely apple crumble recipe. I love apple crumbles, or anything with apples in it. 🙂 Thanks for sharing. Pinned!
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Debby Foodiewife says
I just pinned Cathy (Wives with Knives) Biscoff cookies that she got from you. Now, I'm pinning this. I make crumbles often, but never thought to add Biscoff cookies-- that I happen to have in my pantry. What a brilliant and delicious idea!
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bellini says
I just love a delicious apple crumble, not too sweet and with a little yogurt and it is even perfect for breakfast.
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Anonymous says
This was so easy and delish! However, I did notice that you had 1/2 c sugar twice in the ingredients. I only used 1/2 c and it was great. There is no measurement for the salt either 🙂 Thanks for sharing. This was really great!
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Chris Scheuer says
Thanks so much, I've corrected the recipe, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Chris
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lena says
i wished that i cld take the spoon from your pictures and start digging in! delicious!
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www.you-made-that.com says
yum, the perfect apple crumble love biscoff cookies.
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Anonymous says
We made this apple crumble yesterday, but I had to replace the Biscoff cookies with german Kemm´sche Kekse (I hope they are similar to Biscoff). I´ll try it next time with Spekulatius;)
And we drizzled on top your super delicious Autumn Spiced Apple Cider Sauce. Yummy!
Herzliche Grüße aus Berlin!Reply
Chris Scheuer says
Yes, Spekulatius would probably be wonderful too! I'm so glad you enjoyed the caramel sauce! To me, it's quite dangerous to have in the house 🙂
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Sophia Del Gigante says
Ohhhhhhh yeah you did it again! You are killing me with all your AMAZING dishes! You are soooooooo good at what you do! You need a cook book!
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