Apple Crumble Traybake

Cakes, Biscuits and Bread  

Ingredients

125 gm Butter
100 gm Caster sugar
140 gm Plain flour
150 gm Ground almonds
1 tsp Almond essence

Filling

125 gm Butter
100 gm Caster sugar
150 gm Ground almonds
25 gm Plain flour
1� tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Baking powder
2 Egg(s)
3 Apple diced or sliced
1 Lemon juice
50 gm Flaked almonds
2 Tbsp Demerara sugar

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 140�C.

For the base, put all the ingredients into a food processor and pulse until it forms a dough. Press the mixture into the base of a greased baking tray. Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden.

For the filling, put the butter, sugar, ground almonds, flour, baking powder and cinnamon into a food processor and pulse to a rough crumble consistency. Remove a couple of tablespoons for the crumble topping. Add the eggs to the remaining mixture and blend to a soft batter.

Peel and core the apples and chop into 1cm pieces. Pour the lemon juice over the apple. Spread the batter over the biscuit base, scatter the apple over this and then scatter the reserved crumble topping over the whole together with the demerara sugar and flaked almonds. Bake for 25 minutes until golden and firm to the touch. Leave to cool slightly before slicing.

Notes

Bramley apples are best for this. If they are very large you will only need 2.

The flaked almonds are optional.

24 Sep 2023
Shirl Seath