Apple, Blackberry and Hazelnut Crumble Bars

Great for school lunches or school fetes. Also a great dessert, if served with cream

Ingredients (serves 12)

150g chilled unsalted butter, chopped
2 cups plain flour, sifted
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 egg, lightly whisked
1 teas vanilla extract
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, chopped
250g fresh or frozen, thawed blackberries
Juice of 1 lime
Hazelnut Crumble Ingredients as follows
1/2 cup plain flour
100g chilled unsalted butter, chopped
80g firmly packed brown sugar, plus extra 2 tbs to sprinkle
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 cup roasted hazelnuts, chopped
1/2 teas ground ginger

Method

Whiz the butter, flour and 1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar in a food processor until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the egg and vanilla, then whiz to combine. Shape into a ball, then enclose in plastic wrap and chill for 20 minutes
Meanwhile, place apple, blackberries, lime juice, remaining 1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar and 1/2 cup (125ml) water in a large pan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the apples are soft and most of the liquid has evaporated. Remove from heat, cool, then blend until smooth. Set aside
Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 24cm x 30cm cake pan with baking paper. For the crumble, whiz flour and butter in a food processor until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add remaining ingredients and pulse to combine
Remove the biscuit pastry from the fridge, then unwrap and flatten into a disc. Place between 2 pieces of baking paper and roll out into a 24cm x 30cm rectangle, then use to line the cake pan.
Prick the base all over with a fork, then bake for 20 minutes or until starting to brown. Cool for 5 minutes, then spread jam over base. Scatter over crumble, then sprinkle with remaining 2 tbs brown sugar
Bake for a further 25-30 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool for 30 minutes or until firm, then cut into squares and serve

108 Comments

- - mom85518 said
  - 18 Jan 2017
    7:03 pm
I agree with the comments regarding confusing recipe. I am sure this could be simplified with some judicial editing. (perhaps!)

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 18 Jan 2017
    2:02 pm
Sounds yummy, but I’m not sure if I’m the only one that is finding the recipe a little bit confusing with the instructions???

- - ella12 said
  - 18 Jan 2017
    11:51 am
These sound very delicious and inviting.

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 18 Jan 2017
    11:09 am
i JUST TRIED TO RECOMMEND AND LOVE THIS RECIPE ONLY TO B SHOWN A SCREEN WITH ERROR 404 ON IT. I am getting very fed up with this happening a lot.I have lost or not received so many points.

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 18 Jan 2017
    11:04 am
Love this recipe. Cant wait to try it.

- - rovermum said
  - 18 Jan 2017
    10:04 am
Ooh yum. I love these and can work with all of the ingredients listed. I’m definitely trying this one.

- - Ellen said
  - 18 Jan 2017
    2:44 am
We love apple blackberry crumble !
With some tweaking this recipe could become easily a bit more healthy.

- - mom101628 said
  - 17 Jan 2017
    11:45 pm
These look fabulous – thanks for sharing your recipe.

- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Jun 2015
    6:22 pm
Yum! These look amazing. Thanks for sharing!

- - EllenG89 said
  - 21 Jun 2015
    7:27 am
this looks incredibly inviting! Love the flavours!

- - smart_ass said
  - 20 Feb 2015
    5:50 pm
yummo!

- - mel_phillips said
  - 07 Feb 2015
    6:48 am
Love the look of this! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful recipe!

- - cherz said
  - 30 Jan 2015
    7:50 pm
oh my this looks sooo yummm .. love all the ingredients , so thanks for sharing.

- - mish06 said
  - 30 Jan 2015
    12:11 am
This looks sooo yummy. Wish I had a peice right now!! Thanks for sharing the recipe.

- - hmp88 said
  - 29 Jan 2015
    10:35 pm
Oh wow yumm! This looks so good

- - meljware said
  - 29 Jan 2015
    5:05 pm
Oh wow this got my mouth watering! Looks so delicious! Can’t wait to make it for my family!

- - mom93821 said
  - 29 Jan 2015
    3:12 pm
Thanks for sharing this recipe; these bars look yummy.
- mom93821 replied
  
  07 Jul 2016 , 6:08 pm
  The best bars – great flavours.
- - mel1 said
  - 29 Jan 2015
    2:44 pm
These look absolutely delicious. Love the berries.

- - mom103054 said
  - 29 Jan 2015
    2:28 pm
I am not a big fan of hazelnuts, so I think I would substitute another kind of nut for them, but other than that–yum, yum, yum…Will definitely give these a go–

- - Kelz81 said
  - 29 Jan 2015
    2:14 pm
Oh wow this looks delicious! Probably not the healthiest but i do not care!! Time to get baking!! 🙂