We like to stitch, knit, felt, weave, grow things, bake, and be housewifey (thats a new word I made up). Although we wish we lived round the corner from each other, so that we could pop into each others houses for tea, we live miles apart. So instead we have set up Darning the Divide.
This is our ongoing letterbook to each other and to anyone else who happens to be tuning in. It is for our inspirations, for our WIP's, for our celebrations and our "I saw this and thought of you" moments.
So to start; this is what I baked yesterday:
2 cooking apples
1 apple corer (given to me by Jo)
a few shakes of caster sugar
few drops of lemon juice
handful of chopped pecans
roughly 50g plain flour - - - roughly because I never measure when it comes to crumble - sorry!
roughly 65g cold chopped butter
handful of oats
heat oven to gas mark 4 or equiv
---core and chop apples; place in greased dish; cover in lemon juice and caster sugar
---place flour, butter and chopped nuts in bowl and, using your hands, rub like pastry until you get breadcrumb texture; don't run too long, you want crumble not cake!
---add sugar and oats to the crumble mix and stir together
---sprinkle crumble mix on top of the apples
---bake in oven for 30 mins
---serve with custard
Yum!
Abi ----- xxx
Sadly my apple trees lost all their blossom in a late frost one night this year, so I have none to cook with. This sound like a really lovely way to serve apples.
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