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It’s no secret that we love a crumble. It’s our family’s favourite dessert and something that we would happily have after every Sunday lunch – and on every other day too!

Over the years we have made plenty of apple crumbles, gooseberry crumbles and blackberry crumbles but something I have recently started putting in the crumbles we make at home is cherries.

Tart cherries have such a great flavour and work so well. Our latest creation is a cherry apple crumble that I couldn’t wait to share. It’s absolutely delicious and a great option for a family dessert.

What is a crumble?

A crumble is a hearty, warming dessert most commonly made over the cooler months but can be enjoyed throughout the year. Also known as a crisp or cobbler, it’s basically a layer of fruit filling topped with a crumble mixture of butter, flour and sugar.

What do you need to make this cherry apple cobbler recipe?

For this old fashioned apple and cherry crumble recipe you can use any apples you have to hand, they don’t need to be cooking apples and I tend to use whatever apples we have in the fruit bowl at the time. Granny Smith apples are always a favourite choice if we have them.

You can also use fresh or frozen cherries for this apple and cherry cobbler recipe and an apple cherry crisp with frozen cherries works just as well as fresh cherries. Frozen cherries defrost quickly during the cooking process and taste great too – sweet but tart and oh so juicy too.

This sweet cherry apple crisp is a great alternative to a dessert pie although you can use any pie filling in a crumble. So think of this as apple cherry pie but in crumble format!

Like with all crumbles, this apple cherry crisp can be served as it is or with cream, ice cream or custard. Custard will always be my favourite accompaniment for a crumble, especially an easy apple and cherry crumble!

If you’re looking for other recipes to make here’s our Baked Lemon Cheesecake, Blueberry Yogurt Cake, Traditional Coconut Jam School Cake and Cheats Bread and Butter Pudding recipes. You can see all our recipes to date here.

Here’s our Apple Cherry Crumble Recipe:

Ingredients:

400g apples, peeled and chopped into bitesize pieces
200g halved pitted cherries, fresh or frozen
200g plain flour
100g butter
100g light brown sugar

Recipe:

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6
Put the fruit in an even layer in an ovenproof dish
Rub together the butter and flour in a large mixing bowl until it looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the light brown sugar.
Pour the crumble topping mixture over the fruit in the baking dish and bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes until it’s starting to go crisp and golden brown on top and is bubbling at the edges.
Simply serve warm with custard, cream or vanilla ice cream. It’s best eaten immediately and crumble is always a dessert enjoyed most when shared.

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