Apple Slice

Serves 6-8

Ingredients

Crumble Topping

• 1 1/4 cups plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 125g butter
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp cardamon

Apple Filling

• 4 apples, peeled and 1cm diced
• 20g butter
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 ground cardamon

Base

• 100g butter
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup plain flour, sifted
• 1 tsp baking powder, sifted
• 1 tbsp milk

• icing sugar, to dust

 

Summary

1. Preheat oven to 160°C.
2. To make the crumble, mix all crumble ingredients in a bowl until it resembles breadcrumbs. Set aside.
3. To make the apple filling, place all apple filling ingredients in a saucepan over low heat and cook for 5 minutes or until softened. Allow to cool.
4. To make base, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale. Add the egg and beat well. Fold through the flour, baking powder and milk.
5. Spread base mixture in a 20cm x 30cm tin lined with non-stick baking paper, top with the apple filling and crumble and bake for 40 minutes until golden.
6. Let cool on wire rack, dust with icing sugar and serve.

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