The Best Blueberry and Apple Crumble Recipe

This blueberry and apple crumble recipe is so fresh and refreshing, it's composed of lightly spiced apples and blueberries, topped with a soft, slightly crisp streusel topping, and finished with vanilla ice cream! It's pretty amazing. The perfect comfort dessert to welcome in the colder seasons.

For this crumble with oats recipe, I will be going through how to make crumble topping gluten free and how to make an apple crumble step by step and answering your FAQs such as 'how to make crumble without butter’ ‘how do you make crumble’ ‘how to  make this crumble recipe gluten free ’ and so much more.

This recipe for apple and blueberry crumble is completely eggless, gluten free, nut free and dairy free!

Another great thing about this apple crumble simple recipe is how customisable you can make it. For example, you can make these into a peach cobbler recipe or a classic apple crisp

I’ll also be sharing some more flavor variations and mix in’s below. And would highly recommend you check that part of this post out!

This recipe apple crumble with oats doesn’t require a whole hour to make but less than 15 minutes to come together from start to finish!

If you’re looking for more recipe for gluten free crumble to add to your baking list check out my Blueberry cobbler and Classic peach cobbler

Expert Baking Tips on how to make this the best recipe apple crumble

Although this crumble pie recipe is super simple to make, here are just a few expert tips i'd recommend:

• Add a teaspoon or two of muesli to your mug cake to add more texture for the crumble topping.
• I'd recommend keeping the apple peel on to add more texture, but if you'd prefer to make it without then simply peel the apples before slicing.
• If you don't have fresh blueberries, frozen will work fine, just make sure to add ½ tablespoon of cornflour to the flour mix to coat the blueberries. 
• This will help ensure that extra water from the frozen blueberries don't make the cobbler too runny and seep out of your dish. 
• The cobbler is ready when the streusel is slightly crisp and lightly golden brown.

How to make the crumble for apple crumble

Crumble with oats - Ingredients

Here's everything I used to make this crumble with frozen berries

• Vegan butter- You can use either vegan block butter or margarine. 
• Water - A very small amount is required and is needed to bind the crumble together. 
• Brown Sugar- I like to use soft brown sugar which is just a very refined sugar, but if you don't have any refined granulated brown sugar will work well here.
• Gluten free Plain flour - If you’re gluten free flour doesn't already have xanthan gum add a teaspoon to the dry ingredients. This will help add stability to the cake and prevent it from crumbling.
• Rolled oats - if you're making your blueberry and apple crumble recipe gluten free then you'll need to use gluten free oats.

Recipe to apple crumble - Step by step instructions 

Crumble top recipe

Flavour Variations and Mixins - Making crumble

Classic peach cobbler

Simply substitute the mixed berries for a fresh, peeled and chopped peach or a tin of peaches. And follow the same method as this microwave berry dessert. Or make a traditional peach cobbler skillet using this super quick and easy recipe here.

Blueberry cobbler

Juicy, fresh cobbler is the perfect dessert. Juicy, fresh blueberries, topped with a  spiced streusel topping, and finished with vanilla ice cream!

Apple crisp

This is essentially the same recipe for this blueberry cobbler,however, there are slightly different spices used that balances well with the blueberry. Check out the recipe here.

Microwave berry cobbler

Juicy mixed berries, soft fluffy cinnamon spiced sponge, nuggets of crumble topping all topped with vanilla ice cream! It’s pretty amazing.

Crumble apple and blackberry

The recipe apple and blackberry crumble is essentially the same recipe for this blueberry cobbler, just simply substitute the blueberries for blackberries 🙂

Let me know in the comments if you tried these vegan apple crumble recipes or if you came up with your own!

FAQs

Can I make crumble without butter ?

For a healthier apple crumble you can sub the butter for,  2 ½ teaspoon of avocado oil. As well as making this vegan apple crisp no sugar and instead using ½ tablespoon of honey, this will also help bind the crumble topping together.

Other crumble filling ideas ?

Check out the flavour combination section above ^

Storing and freezing

How long do crumbles last ?

They stay good at room-temperature for up to 2 days and in the fridge for up to a week.

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Blueberry and apple crumble recipe

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