Description
Mary Berry’s apple and blackberry crumble delivers classic British comfort with seasonal fruit tucked beneath a golden, buttery topping. Local harvest flavors blend deliciously, offering a sweet-tart dessert you’ll savor down to the last crumbly bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Fruits:
- 750 grams (26.5 ounces) Bramley apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 300 grams (10.6 ounces) blackberries
Dry Ingredients:
- 125 grams (4.4 ounces) plain flour
- 125 grams (4.4 ounces) oats
- 150 grams (5.3 ounces) light brown sugar
- 50 grams (1.8 ounces) caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Wet and Binding Ingredients:
- 125 grams (4.4 ounces) butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and lightly coat a 9-inch (23-centimeter) baking dish with butter or cooking spray to prevent sticking.
- In a spacious mixing bowl, combine whole wheat flour, dark brown sugar, and rolled oats. Pour melted unsalted butter over the dry ingredients and gently mix using a fork until the mixture resembles coarse, irregular crumbs.
- Layer thinly sliced Granny Smith apples and ripe blackberries in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle granulated white sugar and ground cinnamon evenly over the fruit to enhance their natural sweetness and flavor.
- Distribute the crumbly oat mixture uniformly across the top of the fruit, ensuring complete coverage for a crisp, golden topping.
- Transfer the baking dish to the preheated oven and bake for 40-50 minutes, watching for a rich golden-brown crust and bubbling fruit juices around the edges, which indicate the dessert is perfectly cooked.
- Remove from the oven and allow the crumble to cool for 10-15 minutes, letting the filling set and the topping crisp up before serving warm.
Notes
- Keep leftovers sealed tightly in the refrigerator for freshness up to 48 hours after baking.
- Freeze entire unbaked or baked crumble securely in airtight containers for maximum 3 months of storage.
- Thaw frozen dessert completely in refrigerator overnight before gently reheating in oven at 350°F.
- Enhance flavor by adding fresh lemon zest and juice directly into fruit mixture before topping.
- Create nutty texture by mixing chopped walnuts or pecans into crumble topping for extra crunch.
- Experiment with berry variations by substituting some blackberries with raspberries or blueberries.
- Make vegan-friendly version by swapping butter with plant-based dairy-free spread in topping.
- Boost almond essence by replacing one-third of oats with finely ground almond meal.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 328 kcal
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 10 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 47 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg