Make these mini classic strawberry apple crumble as soon as possible! A layer of tender and sweet fruits covered with a buttery crust made with almond flour (no oats) makes an irresistible and easy dessert. It takes less than 30 minutes to prepare it!
This timeless treat is a crowd-pleaser from the baker to the eaters: easy and quick to prepare but also delicious! The sweetness of the strawberry and the crunch of the apple is the perfect match with the topping.
If you love a crumble recipes, you will love my Strawberry Shortbread Crumble Bars or Apple Crumble Tart. And if this is apple picking season, the mini French apple rose tarts and Apple galettes are easy desserts and a must try!
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Why you will love these fruity dessert
- Simple ingredients and a crisp topping!
- One of the easiest desserts and quick to prepare, a perfect solution when you are in a pinch!
- Buttery topping with sweet juicy strawberries and the tartness of the apples, the perfect balance!
🥣 Ingredients Needed
Let's gather the ingredients and measure them before starting to bake. Mise-en-place always makes the process smoother!
- Apples: I use Gala apples but you can also use Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, or your favorite ones!
- Strawberries: Use fresh ones preferably. The frozen ones will give a more mushy dessert, same with over ripe strawberries.
- Granulated sugar: You can swap for brown sugar if this is a preference but the white sugar gives a crispier result.
- All-purpose flour: if you want to make this crumble gluten-free, use gluten-free flour. I do not recommend skipping it as it helps combine the dough.
- Cold butter: I use salted because I love that little hint of salt in my crust with the sweetness of the apple strawberry mix. Feel free to use an unsalted one.
- Vanilla extract (not photographed here): can be swapped for almond or lemon extract.
👩🏻🍳 Preparation
The recipe has 2 main steps: preparing the crumble and then the fruits.
First, let's prepare the crumble topping. In a medium bowl, pour almond flour and the butter, and using the tips of your fingers or a pastry blender, mix the 2 ingredients until it looks like wet sand.
Tip: You can use a food processor but it is not necessary and I like to keep chunks.
Next, the dry ingredients: add the sugar, mix some more, and combine flour.
Lastly, add the vanilla extract into the mixing bowl which will bind everything together. It will be the exact amount of moisture needed to combine it all. (Picture 1)
Now, the next step will be to prepare your fruits (Picture 2):
- Fresh strawberries, wash, dry, and remove the stems. Cut in half.
- Apples: Wash, peel and cut the apple into small pieces (I cut an eighth in 4)
TIP: Try to cut the apple into similar sizes in order to have uniform baking.
In the last step, distribute the chopped apples and strawberries equally into individual ramekins (or a big pie dish if you prefer). Now, grab some crumble mixture, squeeze it in your hand and drop it on top of the fruit. It will have some chunks for an extra crunch and some smaller crumbles.
Bake for 30 minutes until golden brown and allow to cool down a little before enjoying this perfect dessert.
📋 Variations
- Fresh fruits: Obviously, there are easy swaps you can be made, use pears instead of apples or other berries instead of strawberries. Keep in mind, that you might have to adjust a few minutes of the baking. Try my summery berry crumble!
- Lemon juice: Adding half a teaspoon of juice to each ramekin adds a lovely zesty flavour to the sweetness of the fruits.
- Serving suggestions: Baking dish: This apple strawberry crumble can be served in individual portions like shown in the pictures or in a large dish with a dollop of whipped cream on top.
- Temperature: Warm or cold, take your pick!
- Extra topping: How about a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of your crumble? or a drizzle of salted caramel? Or maybe some roasted sliced almonds?
💭 Recipe FAQs
It depends where in the world you are asking. Some will differentiate with the ingredients, the crisp might include oats in the topping.
You may store it for up to 3-4 days.
Cold butter is the way to go when baking a crust for flakiness and crispiness in this case.
I use what I have on hand and here are some that work well: Sweet Honeycrisp, Gala, or the tartness of Granny Smith apples.
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📖 Mini Strawberry and Apple Almond Flour Crumble
Ingredients
- 3 Gala apples Big
- 1 pound strawberries
- ¼ butter, cold 60g
- ¾ cup ground almond 75g
- ⅓ cup sugar 65g
- ¾ cup flour 75g
- 2 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 400F.
- Peel the apples and cut them into cubes. Place equally in the ramequins. Set aside.
- In a bowl, put the butter and the almond powder, mix it together - i do it with my hands or pastry blender.
- Add the sugar, mix again. And finally, add the flour, mix again, it should be crumble.
- Lastly, add the vanilla extract.
- On top of the apples and strawberries, add a handful of the crumble preparation: squeeze it in your hand and drop it on top of the fruit. It will have some chunks and some smaller crumbles.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or when the crumbles appears golden.
- Allow to cool down and enjoy!
Notes
- Store in the fridge for up to 4 days
- Use COLD butter to prepare the crumble topping
Sam says
Oh this is a different one, no oatmeal, so interesting and looks yummy! I'll save it to give it a try!