Apple crumble

Like a hug from your favourite person.

• 5 cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 eating apple, peeled, cored and diced
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 4 tbsp caster sugar
• 240g (2 cups) plain flour
• 200g (1 cup) soft light brown sugar
• 160g softened, unsalted butter
• 1 tsp cinnamon

1. Pre-heat oven to 160C fan (180C)
2. Mix together flour, brown sugars, butter and cinnamon, rubbing the butter in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs
3. Sprinkle the caster sugar and lemon juice over the sliced apple and mix together. Place the sugary apple in a wide, ovenproof dish, evenly distributed
4. Spread over the crumble topping evenly. Press down gently with your fingers
5. Bake for an hour. Maybe pop a baking tray on the shelf below just in case there are any small eruptions!
6. Cool for 10 mins before serving with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

You can add fruit such as cooked rhubarb or strawberries (with a sprinkle of flour to absorb the liquid). Or make it with peaches or apricots, and mix some flaked almonds and crushed amaretti biscuits into the crumble topping.