Apple Crumble Tart | Cookies & Cups

This apple crumble tart is the best and coziest fall dessert! It has a traditional pie crust packed filled with heat, sweet-tart apples baked below a crunchy, buttery apple crumble topping. It’s prepared for the oven in minutes and it’s my favourite approach to make use of up contemporary fall apples.

When you’re craving traditional apple pie however lower than the duty of baking a full pie, this tart is the reply! You may also love these straightforward apple pie bars.

Why I Love This Straightforward Apple Crumble Tart 

This straightforward apple crumble tart provides me all of the flavors I like in a traditional apple pie, with out having to really bake a full pie. When you’ve been round right here lengthy sufficient, you’ll know that I haven’t at all times been a pie baker. This apple crumble tart is the right compromise. Right here’s why you’ll find it irresistible, too:

• Buttery apple crumble topping. I imply, in the event you love Dutch apple pie, you’re already going to fall head over heels for this apple crumble tart. It’s a juicy, buttery apple crumble baked right into a flaky pie crust. Too good!
• Prepared in 10 minutes. For the oven, that’s. This apple tart is a breeze to assemble, particularly if I exploit a refrigerated pie crust. 
• All events. An apple crumble tart is the right last-minute fall dessert that tastes similar to apple pie! This recipe at all times wows on the vacation desk, too.

Elements You’ll Want

I’m all a couple of dessert that retains it easy! You want solely a handful of components for this tart, which I define right here. Scroll to the recipe card under the put up for a printable listing with quantities.

• Pie Crust – If I’m quick on time, a refrigerated pie crust works nice instead of my homemade flaky pie crust recipe.
• Apples – Slice or cube up your favourite baking apples, like Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, or Braeburn apples. For quite a lot of flavors and textures, you should utilize a mixture of apples.
• Brown Sugar – Gentle or darkish. You too can use granulated sugar.
• Cinnamon – Apple pie spice additionally works right here, or you should utilize a mix of spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
• Butter – This may be salted or unsalted, simply be certain that it’s chilly from the fridge. Additionally, please don’t use margarine in your crumble topping. The feel and style simply received’t be the identical!
• Flour – You’ll minimize the butter with flour and brown sugar to make the crumble topping. All-purpose flour works completely. You might additionally substitute oats for an oat crumble, just like an apple crisp.

Tips on how to Make an Apple Crumble Tart

Right here’s the right way to make the right apple crumble tart filled with all types of yummy fall flavors. The very best half is, in the event you don’t have a pie crust, you may make this recipe as a conventional, crust-free apple crumble utilizing the identical steps. Comply with alongside under and scroll to the recipe card for printable recipe instructions.

• Put together the crust. Press your ready pie crust right into a 9” tart pan or pie plate and pinch gently alongside the rim.
• Add the apples. Subsequent, pile your chopped apples into the crust. Sprinkle them generously with cinnamon sugar.

• Add the crumble. Now, use a fork or a pastry cutter to chop chilly butter with brown sugar and flour. Scatter the crumble evenly over the apples.
• Bake! Your apple crumble tart goes into the oven to bake for 45 minutes at 400ºF. Let the tart cool earlier than you slice it.

Recipe Ideas

• You’ll solely want one pie crust. Many do-it-yourself pie crust recipes (together with mine) make two pie crusts, high and backside, however you’ll solely want one for this tart. Test the recipe you’re utilizing and halve it if wanted. In any other case, you possibly can at all times make two apple tarts!
• Pile on the apples. If it appears to be like like there’s a mountain of apples in your crust, don’t fear. Apples launch numerous liquid as they bake, so overfilling prevents the highest of the tart from sinking.
• It’s possible you’ll want kind of apples, relying on the dimensions. I exploit between 4-5 medium-sized Granny Smiths. Others have commented that they solely wanted 3-4, so use your judgment. 
• Use chilly butter. The butter you employ to make the crumble topping ought to be chilly. You possibly can dice it in the event you’d like, to make it simpler to combine with the opposite components. Don’t use room temperature or melted butter, although, because the topping will unfold and the crumble received’t be crunchy.

Regularly Requested Questions

Serving Strategies

Identical to apple pie, this apple crumble tart tastes superb served a la mode. So, high it with a scoop of your favourite ice cream, both store-bought or homemade. It’s additionally nice with a very good ol’ dollop of whipped cream! I like how cozy the flavors are subsequent to a heat mug of espresso or tea, or my seasonal favourite, pumpkin spice hot chocolate. To actually take this apple tart excessive, serve with a drizzle of caramel sauce (you possibly can thank me later).

Tips on how to Retailer

• Refrigerate. Retailer this apple crumble tart lined within the fridge for as much as 4 days. I prefer to heat leftover slices within the microwave for 20-30 seconds earlier than serving.
• Freeze. You possibly can freeze the baked and cooled apple tart double-wrapped in plastic wrap or foil. It’ll final within the freezer for 1-2 months. Thaw the tart within the fridge earlier than serving.

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This recipe was initially posted in 2014, however the photographs and extra useful suggestions have been up to date in 2024.

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