This is the ultimate apple crumble recipe – a sweet apple and cinnamon filling topped off with a crunchy crumb topping. It’s perfect for a cold winter evening or any evening come to that!
You might not know this but I went to boarding school from the ages of 10 to 15 and the years I spent there were some of the best years of my life. It was a regular state school and there was plenty of high jinks and high spirits!  I also consumed a lot of school meals which is unfortunate as I really didn’t care for them. The savoury stuff was not too bad but the puddings made me want to gag. I don’t know why this was because all my teeth were sweet even way back then. I’d usually skip dessert and retire to my dorm with my tuck tin (yes that’s totally a thing,) unless of course it was crumble (of any variety) because my belly has always rumbled for crumble. My favourite bits of the crumble were the nobbly bits that cook had not quite crumbled enough. They were like prize crumbly nuggets. Naturally, the crumble was my favourite part and I would take great care to deconstruct the pudding separating the fruit from the topping, eating fruit first then the topping because everyone knows to save the best til last.
After my recent fruit picking extravaganza in the Blue Mountains  and Canberra, I knew it was the perfect time to recreate this beloved pudding of my youth!
These days it’s so thoroughly modern to put oats on top of, or in the crumble as...