This Simple Apple Crumble Tart is seriously the easiest and coziest dessert recipe ever! Warm apples and a crunchy crumble topping – it doesn’t get much better than that!
Easy Apple Crumble Tart Recipe
Full disclosure…I am not a pie baker.
I mean, I guess I like pie every now and then..but pie isn’t my main squeeze.
I guess mostly because so many pies are filled with fruit. And well fruit…
So yeah, since I don’t love pie, I don’t typically make pie that often. I mean, unless it’s something like this…where the word “pie” is used very loosely.
Anyhow, turns out that Apple Pie is like this whole big deal in the world. So while I could argue that a peanut butter cup should definitely be our country’s dessert mascot, there are thousands of people who might disagree.
And that brings me to today. You guys apparently love apple pie, so I will give you my version of apple pie.
It’s super simple…and there’s crumb topping involved. So y’all know it’s gonna be tasty.
How to Make an Apple Crumble Tart
All you do is grab a tart pan. Or certainly use a pie pan if you want.
You’ll need one pie crust. I’m not going to get into how to make a pie crust on this day…I have been testing crusts for weeks for my book and I don’t want to give away the recipe until the book comes out. I know you’ll be waiting with bated breath. Ahem.
So anyhow, today use a store bought, or your Granny’s pie crust recipe…whatever is easiest for you.
Then slice up 5 Granny Smiths. Medium sized.
Dump those in the crust, top with some cinnamon and brown sugar and then a simple crumb topping, which is just a mixture of butter, flour and sugar…
Bake it up for about 45 minutes and voila…
You’ve got a gorgeous tart/pie thing…
You can legit make this recipe in about 10 minutes not counting bake time. It’s so easy for a Sunday dessert, but also impressive enough to serve to guests!
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Simple Apple Crumble Tart
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 6–8 slices 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Simple Apple Crumble Tart is seriously the easiest and coziest dessert recipe ever! Warm apples and a crunchy crumble topping – it doesn’t get much better than that!
Ingredients
- 1 pie crust
- 5 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- pinch a salt
Crumb
- 1/4 cup cold butter
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°
- Line 9″-10″ tart pan with crust, pinching along the rim to form the crust. Pile the sliced apples in the crust evenly. Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle on top of apples.
- In another bowl using a pastry cutter or fork cut the cold butter, brown sugar and flour together until it forms a coarse sand consistency. Then using your hands form the mixture into larger crumbs. Sprinkle that on top of cinnamon/sugar mixture.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes until top is lightly browned and the crust is golden.
- Allow to cool before slicing.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 284
- Sugar: 41.3 g
- Sodium: 49.1 mg
- Fat: 7.9 g
- Carbohydrates: 54.5 g
- Protein: 1.6 g
- Cholesterol: 17.4 mg
Made this tonight but I didn’t have enough apples…I have a 12″ tart pan so I added
some apple sauce and added an extra 10 min at a reduced temp of 350*…Came out perfect…Thanks…
I made this on Saturday and it was delicious!! I used a ready made pie crust and it was perfect. So easy and so good! Thank you for the recipe.
Hi!!! Quick question…. Could I use a Ghaman pie ready crust??
Sure!!
I’m with you on the whole pie thing, I can usually take it or leave it. Too much time involved and I’m lazzzzzy. I love how easy this is to just throw together so I’m def making this asap! Pinned and shared on FB!
This is my kind of dessert!
Could you substitute the apples and use peaches for summertime?
Sure! I bet that would work perfectly!
Oh my word, this looks amazing!