Need I say more? Find me one person who doesn’t love an apple dessert and I will personally give you… well I won’t give you anything. But seriously, just about everyone I know loves a good baked apple treat!
Growing up, I was much more of a brownie/cookie type of dessert girl but I could always appreciate a good homemade apple pie. But apple pies made the traditional way consisted of one thing that I did not care much for, and that was its crust.
Come to think of it, I never liked any sort of crust as a child, whether it was sliced bread crust, pizza crust and yes, even pie crust! So when I first had an apple pie with a crumble topping instead of a crust, I was immediately sold!
Now there is just one thing I wanted to address about this recipe. And it’s all about baking dishes. When I was thinking about this recipe, I really wanted it to be more of a deconstructed apple pie concept. Something a little messier and falling apart. Then I came across these mini graham cracker crust molds and I couldn’t leave them behind! I was so excited to use them, but afterward I felt like they made the dish more of a pie than a crumble although they were still pretty delicious.
You’ll notice in the pictures that 6 of the crumbles have a foil-lined crust and two of them are in ramekins of a similar size. I prefer the ramekins since it allowed the apple filling to be more dominant. The crust overpowered the filling way more than I had expected. Now, if you don’t have that many ramekin bowls, like didn't, try using muffin tins to bake them in. Then when you’re ready to eat one, just scoop out and into a bowl and go!
Overall I think the flavors of this dessert came out really well but I plan on making this one again soon (once I get more ramekins). Or maybe I’ll take the messy but decadent-looking route and ditch the ramekins all together!
Let me know if you’ve tried this recipe and what baking dished you decide to use. Also, let me know if you had any other baking dish suggestions. I’d love to try them!
- 1 cup flour
- 6 tbsp. butter, softened
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- pinch of salt
Apple Filling - 1 1/2 lbs. apples, peeled, cored and diced
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 tbsp. flour
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice