Nursery World - Learning & Development: Cooking

Brambly crumble

This seasonal treat makes a good group activity and it's even more fun if you can gather the brambles (blackberries) yourselves.

Ingredients
450-500g brambles and cooking apple mixed;
2 tablespoons sugar;
pinch of mixed spice.
For the crumble topping:
90g plain brown flour;
60g sugar;
30g butter;
2 tablespoons water
Utensils
Chopping boards;
sharp knives;
two mixing bowls;
large spoon;
baking dish of roughly 700ml capacity, and deep rather than shallow

Method

- First prepare the crumble topping. Put the flour and butter into the mixing bowl and rub in with the fingers until the mixture resembles large breadcrumbs.

- Wash and core the apples and give each child a piece to cut up into thin pieces. Avoid having any thick chunks, as they could be still raw at the end of the cooking time. As they are done, put the pieces into the other mixing bowl along with the water.

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