A traditional Scottish apple crumble flavoured with cinnamon and raisins, with oats and brown sugar in the tasty crumble topping.

Easy Apple & Cinnamon Crumble with Oats & Raisins

I make this apple and cinnamon crumble especially for my husband Graham. 

He loves all sorts of baked dishes, be they savoury or sweet. He especially loves the crispy bits around the edges.

It's an easy yet comforting pudding, perfect for dessert lovers and good to make during apple season when friends offer you apples from their apple tree or when they are cheap in the supermarkets.

An old recipe my mum would make when I was wee, one that was passed down from her mum, although the cinnamon is a later addition.

It's also an old photo, so do excuse the quality!

If you love a fruit crumble, also try my Scottish Blackberry & Pear Crumble, or you could try this Plum Crumble with Oats.

When rhubarb is in season, try this Strawberry and Rhubarb Crumble, and when you are alone and want crumble for one, try this Microwave Blackberry Crumble or this Microwave Apple Crumble.

How to serve a fruit crumble

Whenever I make a fruit crumble or a fruit crisp as they often call it in the US, we always have a bit of a debate about whether we should serve our crumble with custard or ice cream. 

I really don't mind, because I know it is going to be delicious.

When I let Graham choose, he goes for vanilla ice cream (Swedish Glace) every time, which is just as well, as we have a running debate about custard and if it should be served hot or cold.

I definitely think custard should be served hot!

Of course, it's also good served with pouring cream or whipped cream.

What you need to make an apple raisin crumble

Here are the simple ingredients you need to make this tasty apple crisp.

Crumble topping ingredients

• Plain flour - also known as all-purpose flour
• Porridge oats - or rolled oats
• Demerara sugar - or any brown sugar for that caramel flavour to the crumble mixture, caster sugar just isn't as good
• Raisins - or sultanas (my mum likes to use sultanas)
• Butter - or margarine (I use dairy-free butter/plant-based butter)
• Salt - just a pinch

Apple filling

• Apples - you can use large apples like cooking apples (Bramley apples) or crisp eating apples like Gala apples for sweetness or a crisp green apple like Granny Smith apples
• Plain flour - all purpose flour
• Demerara sugar - or brown sugar
• Cinnamon -  ground cinnamon (if you don't like cinnamon, you could use ground ginger instead)

You will find the ingredients, method, notes and nutritional information in the full printable recipe card below.

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Leftover crumble

Now I know some of you will be shouting at the screen "What leftover crumble? I never have leftover crumble!".

However, if you do happen to have leftovers, just leave it to cool, then either cover the dish you cooked it in with tinfoil (aluminium foil) and pop it in the fridge, ready to go back in the oven covered so it doesn't continue to brown.

Or spoon it into an airtight container and then reheat in a bowl, in the microwave, before serving.

You could add some custard and heat it at the same time as the custard, because no matter what my husband says, custard should be served hot!

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Pudding, Dessert

Scottish

Yield: 6

Author: Jacqueline Meldrum

Easy Apple & Cinnamon Crumble with Oats & Raisins

A traditional Scottish apple crumble flavoured with cinnamon and raisins, with oats and brown sugar in the tasty crumble topping.

Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 35 Min

Ingredients

crumble topping

• 200g (1 ½ cups) plain flour (all-purpose flour)
• 100g (1 scant cup) porridge oats (or rolled oats)
• 200g (1 cup) demerara sugar (or brown sugar)
• 200g (1 ¾ sticks) butter (dairy or dairy-free depending on your diet)
• 50g (¼ cup) raisins (or sultanas)
• pinch of salt
• 1 knob of butter for greasing the baking dish

Fruit filling

• 4 large cooking apples (6 eating apples), peeled, core removed and sliced
• 1 tablespoon plain flour (all-purpose flour)
• 4 tablespoons demerara sugar (or brown sugar)
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°c / 160°c fan / 350°f / gas mark 4.
2. In a bowl, mix the sliced apple with the flour, sugar and cinnamon, until the apple is well coated.
3. In another bowl, mix together the flour, porridge oats and sugar. Add the butter and rub between your fingers until it is the texture of breadcrumbs. Stir in the raisins.
4. Butter a large ovenproof dish. Place the apples evenly across the base of the dish and top with the crumble mixture.
5. Bake for 30 - 40 mins until the crumble mixture is starting to brown and the fruit mixture is bubbling!
6. Enjoy!

Notes

• If you don't like cinnamon, try adding ground ginger instead
• Once cool, cover the dish you cooked it in with the remaining crumble with tinfoil (aluminium foil) and pop it in the fridge, ready to go back in the oven covered so it doesn't continue to brown.
• Or spoon it into an airtight container and then reheat in a bowl, in the microwave, before serving.
• Serve with vanilla ice cream, custard or cream.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

619

Fat (grams)

28 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

18 g

Carbs (grams)

90 g

Fiber (grams)

5 g

Net carbs

85 g

Sugar (grams)

52 g

Protein (grams)

5 g

Sodium (milligrams)

231 mg

Cholesterol (grams)

73 mg

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