Name: Brown Butter Apple Crumble, with pecans
Total time: 56 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 115 g unsalted butter; 120 g plain flour; 60 g rolled oats; 100 g light brown sugar; ½ tsp flaky salt; 6 whole granny smith apples; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 50 g caster sugar

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Step 1

Brown the butter

Ingredients

unsalted butterDairy115 g

Melt the butter in a small pan over medium heat and keep swirling until it smells nutty and the solids turn deep golden. Pour into a bowl and let it cool for a few minutes.

Step 2

Make the topping

Ingredients

plain flourPantry120 g

rolled oatsPantry60 g

light brown sugarPantry100 g

flaky saltSpices½ tsp

Stir the flour, oats, brown sugar and salt into the brown butter until it clumps. Chill while you prepare the fruit.

Step 3

Toss the apples

Ingredients

granny smith applesProduce6

lemon juiceProduce1 tbsp

ground cinnamonSpices1 tsp

caster sugarPantry50 g

Heat the oven to 190°C (375°F). Peel, core and slice the apples, then toss with the lemon juice, cinnamon and sugar in a baking dish.

Step 4

Bake

Scatter the topping over the apples and bake until the fruit bubbles at the edges and the top is crisp and brown.

Step 5

Rest and serve

Let it settle for ten minutes so the juices thicken, then serve warm with cold cream or vanilla ice cream.

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johnnyappleseed
Tim's crumble plus a handful of pecans in the topping. Keeper.
Oct 25, 2026