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Apple crumble with a scoop of ice cream drizzled with caramel sauce.

Caramel Apple Crumble

Heather Smoke
An easy recipe for the most delicious apple crumble, drizzled with salted toffee bourbon sauce.

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5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings6

Ingredients
 

Apple Filling

  • 3 large apples (I used Honeycrisp)
  • 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • cup dark brown sugar, loosely packed
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • tsp ground cloves
  • tsp ground nutmeg
  • tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp bourbon, or just increase the water to 2 tbsp if you don't want to add the bourbon

Crumble Topping

  • ¾ - 1 cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
  • ¼ cup dark brown sugar, loosely packed
  • ½ tsp coarse Kosher salt (if using table salt, use half the amount)
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • 4 tbsp cold unsalted butter

Sauce

  • 1 recipe toffee bourbon sauce OR
  • 1 recipe salted caramel sauce

Instructions
 

Filling

  • Preheat the oven to 375. Butter an 8-inch baking dish, or spray it with non-stick spray.
  • Peel and core the apples, and slice them between 1/8 - 1/4 inch thick.
  • In a bowl, toss the apples with the flour, sugar and spices until evenly coated.
  • Add the lemon juice, water and bourbon and toss to combine.
  • Pile the apples into the baking dish.

Topping

  • In the same bowl, combine 3/4 cup of flour with the sugar, salt and nutmeg.
  • Use a pastry cutter to cut the butter in until crumbly, then use your hands to work the butter into the crumb mixture until evenly moistened and crumbly. If it seems too moist, add the remaining 1/4 cup of flour, 1 tbsp at a time.
  • Sprinkle the topping over the apples.
  • Bake on the center oven rack for about 35-40 minutes, until the apples are softened, the juices are bubbling and the topping is golden brown.
  • Cool for 15 minutes and serve warm with ice cream and either the toffee sauce or caramel sauce.

Sauce

  • Prepare the recipe for either the Toffee Bourbon Sauce or the Salted Caramel Sauce.
    Note, if you're new to caramel making, the toffee sauce is much quicker, easier and foolproof.
  • You can make the sauce several days in advance, and rewarm it in the microwave on 50% power until warm and drizzly.
Keyword Apple Crumble, bourbon, Caramel
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