Ingredients (makes roughly 16 squares):
100g butter
250g dried ready-to-eat dates, pitted and chopped
250g self-raising flour
100g brown sugar
2 tbsp oats
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1 egg, beaten
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/gas 4. Grease a baking tin (about 17.5 x 27 x 4cm deep, wider if you want thinner slices of bake).
Pour 6 tablespoons boiling water over the dates. Leave for 5 minutes to soften, then whizz in a food processor to a rough paste.
Place the flour and sugar into a large bowl, add the butter, and rub in until just crumb-like. Tip half the mixture into another bowl and stir in the oats. Rub the remaining mixture until the crumbs are very fine, then stir in the cinnamon and egg to get a moist dough. Press this evenly into the base of the tin.
Place in the oven for 10-15 minutes until the base is no longer moist on top. Take out of the oven.
Spread the date mixture over the base, then sprinkle over the oaty crumb mixture. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the topping is golden. Cool in the tin and cut into small squares to serve.
Adapted from delicious. magazine @channel4
5 comments:
Oh they look yummy!!!!!! :) I'll have to try to make them too once my course is over :)
Hope to meet soon!
I'm a fan of crumbles :)
karekora - thanks ;) they taste yummy too! Next week's your last week right? Good luck!
yulin - really?! Me too, with custard or vanilla ice-cream! I've yet to see a crumble in the Far East!
Wow, had dessert with u a couple of times and never knew u like crumbles! You are right, i seldom see crumbles in the bakeries here. Its more common in Singapore and there are plenty in Australia (i was there in june)!Not just crumbles but also pies and tarts; hot or cold, i like them all. It doesn't really matter what the flavour or topping is, I just love the crust. Does that sound weird?
Haha, no it's not weird. I like them too ;) I tend to make my own rather than buy them, as I can change the fruit base according to the season, and of course with custard made from vanilla pods, yummy!
I think some hotels in HK have crumble on their menu, it'll be interesting to see what a HK-nized one tastes like;)
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