Air fryer apple crumble

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On Sundays, when we are all home together, we love to enjoy a tasty roast dinner and have a nice hearty dessert too. There is something so comforting about serving my family a tasty dessert – and seeing my little daughters try something new for the first time! This air fryer apple crumble was an instant hit and a recipe that I’ve made a few times already since.

Cooking an apple crumble in the air fryer is probably one of my favourite air fryer desserts. It is really simple, but is packed full of flavour and absolutely delicious too. I’ve made air fryer rhubarb crumble in the past, and this recipe follows a very similar method.

We love a sweet treat here, with some of the current favourites in our home being banana bread, banana chocolate chip muffins, midnight cookies and rhubarb and pineapple crumble.

Ingredients for air fryer apple crumble:

Makes 6 individual ramekin sized crumbles

For the filling:

150g white sugar

20g all purpose plain flour

1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1/8 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

500g of cooking apples (Bramley apples are my favourite ones to use!)

Spray oil or butter to grease ramekins

For the topping:

120g all purpose plain flour

80g cold butter (cut into cubes)

1/8 teaspoon of salt (skip this if using salted butter)

60g of golden brown sugar

Method for making an apple crumble in the air fryer:

Pre-heat your air fryer, if required, to 190C (375F).

Get yourself a large mixing bowl.

Mix together the white sugar, plain flour, cinnamon and vanilla extract.

Wash the apples, peel, core, remove any bad parts and slice into small wedges.

Add the apple slices to your filling mixture.

Stir well.

Place into the lightly greased ramekins.

Next combine together the plain flour, salt, light brown sugar and cold butter for the topping.

Mix well with your hands until you have a crumble consistency.

Place this over the top of your filling.

Bake at 190C (375F) for 15 minutes.

Serve with lashings of custard and enjoy!

Do you cook apples before making apple crumble?

You can, and I have in the past, however, for this recipe you can save some time and effort and skip this step.

This crumble was a real hit with my family, and I’ve made it several times now. It was crispy on the top with a soft inside and it worked so well with the tasty warm custard.

What fruit works well with apple in a crumble?

Apple and blackberry works VERY well together and is a real classic British flavour combination. I would say that any dark berries work pretty well, and I’ve used rhubarb too sometimes when I’ve not got a large enough amount for a full crumble on it’s own.

What to serve with apple crumble?

For my family custard is always a winner. Vanilla ice cream works well too, as does a dollop of whipped cream if you’ve not got much in at home.

Make your own custard, get it from the shop – whatever you fancy! Just slather this in a delicious hot custard!

My eldest daughter actually loves to have this with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce.

Can you reheat apple crumble?

If you’ve got leftovers then you can pop them in the microwave, for about a minute, until they’re piping hot throughout.

I love to make up six individual ramekins of this apple crumble and then my family can enjoy it for a couple of evenings from my hard work. Keep in the fridge for at least 2 days and you can cook them fresh in the air fryer when you want to enjoy a tasty dessert.

Personally I think you can’t beat warm apple pie filling with hot custard poured all over.

Can you make apple crumble in the Ninja Foodi?

Yes, absolutely! I made my recipe in a Ninja Foodi, I have the 15-in-1 model and I use the air crisp mode for this, which is the same as air frying. This dish can be known as apple crisp sometimes too.

It works with the same timings and temperatures, and I love that there is quite a lot of space to allow me to cook multiple apple crumbles at the same time which is very convenient.

Can you make a crumble with frozen apples?

Yes you can. This is a great way to make the most of seasonal items by preparing for the freezer and using later in the year.

I would recommend you cook the apples down a little first, then add them to the ramekin and make the crumble up, and cook, as per this recipe.

I do prefer making a fresh crumble, from scratch, taste wise, but I know this isn’t always possible. Also, I’ve seen that Farmfoods have some very reasonably priced apple slices in the frozen section.

Here are some of my favourite air fryer cookbooks and accessories:

Something to note about air fryer recipes is that all air fryers have different sizes, depths and as such the cooking times can vary. All air fryer recipes on this website are intended as a guide, and not a guarantee that the timings will be perfect. Enjoy!

How to make apple crumble in the air fryer:

Note: All calorie information is for demonstration purposes only and is based on the specific uncooked ingredients that I used when creating the recipe.

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