Name: Apple crisp
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 100g plain flour; 50g rolled oats; 50g flaked almonds or chopped pecans; 100g butter cut into cubes; 50g light muscovado sugar; ½tsp ground cinnamon; vanilla ice cream or custard, to serve; 8 Cox's or Russet apples peeled, cored and sliced into 5mm-thick rounds; 50g golden caster sugar; ½ lemon zested and juiced

For the topping

100g plain flour
50g rolled oats
50g flaked almonds
or chopped pecans
100g butter
cut into cubes
50g light muscovado sugar
½tsp ground cinnamon
vanilla ice cream
or custard, to serve

For the filling

8 Cox's or Russet apples
peeled, cored and sliced into 5mm-thick rounds
50g golden caster sugar
½ lemon
zested and juiced

Method

step 1
Put all the topping ingredients and a pinch of sea salt in a bowl and rub together with your fingers until combined into a crumb-like texture – this can also be done in a food processor. Chill until needed. Will keep chilled for up to two days.
step 2
Toss the apples with the sugar and lemon zest and juice until evenly coated, and tip into a 23cm round baking dish that’s at least 5cm deep, or a 20cm square dish. Flatten down with your hand and scatter over the topping. Will keep covered and chilled for a day.
step 3
Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/ gas 5. Sit the crisp on a baking tray and bake for 40 mins until the topping is a deep golden and the fruit is bubbling at the edges. Leave to cool for 10 mins, then serve with ice cream or custard.