Recipe Description
Unlike apple pie, this is much easier to make as you don’t have to deal with a pastry crust. A great comfort food dessert for any day of the week. The dates already provide sweetness, so you can reduce the amount of sugar according to preference.
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Recipe Ingredient
- 1 1/2cups plain or self raising flour
- 3/4cup brown sugar
- 200g butter, chilled and cubed
- 4large red apples, cored and cubed
- 1 lemon, grate the zest
- 1 lemon, juice only
- 1tsp ground cinnamon
- 1cup pecan nuts, roughly chopped
- 10 dates, pitted and chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Coat a round baking tray or ovenproof dish with butter.
- In a large bowl, toss cubed apples with lemon zest, juice and cinnamon and mix well. Add the chopped nuts and dates. Transfer to a baking dish.
- For the crumble: Mix flour, sugar and chilled butter, using your hands until it resembles chunky breadcrumbs.
- Sprinkle the crumbs on top of the apples until everything is covered. Bake for 20 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice-cream.
