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Baked apples with rhubarb crumble

Name: Baked apples with rhubarb crumble
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500g rhubarb, washed, trimmed, stems cut into 3cm pieces; 60g caster sugar; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 vanilla bean, split; 1/3 cup sultanas; 4 large Granny Smith apples; 150g plain flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 75g demerara sugar; 75g rolled oats; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 75g unsalted butter

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For something fruity and warm to sweeten winter evenings, crumbles are truly tops. Have fun making your own this winter.

500g rhubarb, washed, trimmed, stems cut into 3cm pieces
60g caster sugar
1 cinnamon stick
1 vanilla bean, split
1/3 cup sultanas
4 large Granny Smith apples

Crumble topping

150g plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
75g demerara sugar
75g rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
75g unsalted butter

Method

1.

Place the rhubarb, caster sugar, cinnamon stick and the vanilla bean and seeds in a saucepan with 1/3 cup water. Bring to the boil, then reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer for 5 minutes or until the rhubarb is soft but still has some shape, then stir in the sultanas.
2.

Slice the tops off the apples and remove the cores. Fill the hollows with the rhubarb mixture, piling it up on top. Place the apples in a lightly greased, shallow baking dish.
3.

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
4.

To make the topping, place the flour, baking powder, demerara sugar, oats, cinnamon and butter in the bowl of a food processor and process to combine. Cover the tops of the rhubarb-filled apples with the crumble mixture, pressing down only slightly. Bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until the crumble is golden. Serve the baked apples with cream or ice-cream.