Apple Crumble Recipe

Put on the oven to about 180oC.

Peel and chop up the apples into slices.Put these into a large heavy-bottomed pan with the butter, Fairtrade dark & sultry muscovado sugar, Fairtrade mixed spice, Fairtrade cinnamon stick and orange juice. Cover and cook gently until just tender, making sure that you do not overcook it as this just results in a stewed mush. Mix in the raisins and remove the cinnamon quill. Put all of these into the bottom of a medium-sized ovenproof dish.

For the crumble, sift the flour into a ceramic mixing bowl and add the cinnamon powder, mixing them together. Chop up the butter into cubes and then drop these into the flour. Now rub the butter into the flour (using clean fingers please) until the mixture has the consistency of breadcrumbs. Stir in the caster sugar and rub together. Cover the top of the apple base thoroughly and smooth over.

Bake in the oven for 45 minutes until golden brown and the inside is bubbling hot. Serve with custard, ice cream or rich cream.

for an added touch you could sprinkle some cinnamon sugar over the top.