Got some apples from the farmer’s market, but just didn’t feel up to making a pie. Or more accurately, didn’t feel up to making a pie crust. I have got to start freezing pie dough for situations such as these.

So I browsed some recipes and found an apple crumble recipe that looked pretty good.

Apple Crumble
Filling:
3 pounds apples*
1/4 cup apple cider
2 tbsp melted butter
2 tbsp rum
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg **
1/4 ginger
1/4 tsp salt
3 tbsp flour

Topping:
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup oats ***
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking powder
1 stick cold butter

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a large casserole dish or a square cake pan.

Peel, core, and slice apples. **** While peeling and coring the apples, I place the slices in a large bowl of cold water with lemon juice.

In a large bowl, thoroughly mix together the apples and the other filling ingredients. Mix until the apples are well coated, then pour into the baking pan.

Stir together the dry ingredients for the topping. Cut in the butter (you don’t want to use a food processor here, since it would affect the oats).

Sprinkle the topping over the filling.

Bake for 1 1/2 hours at 350 F. Let stand until it has cooled slightly.

If only we hadn’t run out of vanilla ice cream.

* Look for pie apples, such as Granny Smith, McIntosh, Courtland, Northern Spy, etc
** Fresh. Seriously, invest in a spice grater and always use fresh nutmeg.
*** Rolled oats, though you can use instant oats in a pinch, it’s worth having rolled oats on hand for baking
**** Get an apple peeler and corer.