Apple Crumble
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This Apple Crumble with Salted Caramel will have you licking your plate clean! Soft apples, topped with a buttery crumble top and homemade salted caramel sauce. Pure heaven! Serve with some Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream!
Apple Crumble
I remember being a little girl and watching my mom make her recipe for apple crumble which was heavy on the apples and very light on the crumble and I remember thinking what a travesty it was. I was probably 5.
So, as an adult armed with a decent amount of kitchen knowledge, I took matters into my own hands promising myself that I would create a recipe that even I, the cooked fruit hater, could love.
And I did it! I took it pretty easy on the apples, doubled the normal amount of crumble topping, and was quite heavy-handed with the warm salted caramel sauce for the ultimate fall dessert that everyone and their mom will love. So let’s make this baby!
How to Make Apple Crumble with Salted Caramel
This apple crumble recipe has three main components. The sauce, crumble, and apple filling. Each section needs its own set of ingredients and so I’m going to break it down for you. See the printable recipe card below for full details on ingredients & measurements. Here is what you can expect when making this recipe.
Make the Crumble Topping
This is a super easy process where you just measure, dump, and mix. Combine flour, brown sugar, white sugar, butter and salt into a bowl (or stand mixer bowl) and mix. The mixture will be crumbly but stay together when squeezed. Set aside.
Make Salted Caramel Sauce
The hardest part of this recipe is probably making the homemade salted caramel. I’m going to walk you through the steps pretty well but if it still intimidates you in any way, there are plenty of salted caramel sauces on the market which are great options. Even warming up store bought caramel sauce and adding in a little sea salt will work too. Here we go 🙂
- Heat sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat to melt the sugar. Continue cooking and swirling sugar until it turns amber in color.
- Whisk in sea salt and heavy cream. The mixture will bubble up violently briefly. Continue whisking until the sauce is smooth.
- Stir in butter and vanilla. Set aside.
Prep Apples + Cook
Prepare apples and toss in lemon juice. The best apples to use for this dish are granny smith apples. This is simply because of their taste, texture, and good baking qualities.
Cook apples in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-low heat in butter to draw out moisture. Sprinkle with salt to draw out all the moisture possible. Drain apples and place back into skillet. This process should take about 5-7 minutes of cooking.
Layer + Assemble Apple Crumble
Pour 3/4 of prepared caramel sauce into the apples and stir gently. Top with the crumble topping.
Bake + Serve
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes and serve with remaining caramel sauce.
Toppings
Besides the caramel sauce, you can also top this dessert with ice cream or whipped cream. Think of it as a deconstructed apple pie. So all that creaminess perfectly compliments this apple crumble recipe.
Leftovers
I doubt you’ll have any leftovers because this dessert is SO divine! But if you do, don’t worry. Cover with plastic wrap and store your apple crumble in the fridge for up to 4 days.
You can reheat it in the microwave for a few seconds at a time or pop it into the oven to warm it up.
More Apple Recipes to Try!
- Apple Turnover
- Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls
- Buttery Apple Crisp
- Apple Cinnamon Cream Cheese Danish
- Apple Streusel Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze
- Buttery Apple Pie Recipe
Be sure to save, print, bookmark or share this recipe so you have it and use it all Fall long. It’s a good one!
The printable recipe card below. Have a great day, friends!
Salted Caramel Apple Crumble
Ingredients
For the caramel sauce-
For the crumble-
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter softened
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
For the apples-
- 4 granny smith apples peeled, cored and sliced
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
For the caramel sauce-
- Heat sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat to melt the sugar. Continue cooking and swirling sugar until it turns amber in color.
- Whisk in sea salt and heavy cream. The mixture will bubble up violently briefly. Continue whisking until sauce is smooth.
- Stir in butter and vanilla. Set aside.
For the Crumble
- Combine all ingredients together using a stand mixer. The mixture will be crumbly but stay together when squeezed. Set aside.
For the Apples
- Prepare apples and toss in lemon juice.
- Cook apples in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-low heat in butter to draw out moisture. Sprinkle with salt to draw out all the moisture possible. Drain apples and place back into skillet. This process should take about 5-7 minutes of cooking.
- Pour 3/4 of prepared caramel sauce into the apples and stir gently.
- Top with the crumble topping.
- Bake at 350 for 20 minutes and serve with remaining caramel sauce.
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Looks delicious! Fall weather always puts me in a cooking mood!
Ive done homemade pasta, ice cream, beer,wine, cereals, etc.
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My kitchen challenge this past week was cooking without my oven. It’s finally fixed!
This would be life changing!!
I conquered a Salted Caramel Fudge and it came out fantastic. I always had a hard time getting my fudge to set perfectly. And I finally conquer it! I just love KitchAid appliances and I want to win!
This looks scrumptious! I love the video! You’re a pro, girl! Your daughter is such a cutie! Great job!
love salty-sweet! And would LOVE those appliances! I’m doing a remodel over here, too! 🙂
Oh! And my cooking challenge has been trying to cook for my family with my remodel happening! But it’s blog posts like this salted carmel crumble that give me a good reason to bake in spite of the construction zone!
WOW! This sounds awesome. Can’t wait to make it.
Thanks for this giveaway! The recipe is so different. I’m used to making apple crumble but carmel apple crumble—can’t wait to try it. My cooking challenge is keeping dinnertime recipes interesting for my family. I love KitchenAid!!
This looks yummy ! I bet my dad would love it ! Thanks for sharing with us 🙂
I conquered peanut butter fudge.
This looks so good! I have been thinking about making something apple. I will have to try this!! I also would Love to win the Kitchen Aide appliances!! By the way, I love my Kitchen Aide Stand Mixer!!
love the recipe and in need of a new oven so the appliances would be greatly appreciated!
I don’t know what I want to try first!!! The apple crisp or the apple crumble!!
I just made homemade apple cider which was incredibly easy but I had all the leftover apple pieces and I hate to throw anything away so I was going to make applesauce with it but I didn’t have a food mill for the peels and such. I waited 4 days for my kitchen aid fruit and vegetable strainer to arrive( I bought the 3pack attachment set -fruit strainer, slicer, and meat grinder! I figured go all the way!!) After using the strainer I had the smoothest sauce ever and promptly canned some blackberry jam!! LOVE my kitchen aid mixer!!!
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I just made a very similar recipe to this over the weekend… I made Salted Caramel Apple Dumplings. I had never made homemade caramel sauce before and can’t believe how easy it was! I’m never going back to the caramel in a jar. 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity to win KitchenAid appliances!!
Great video! And who doesn’t love anything with salted caramel! Love my Kitchen-Aid mixer, hand blender and food processor…would be fantastic to add to mix!
I tried a different recipe for apple cobbler from a different site – but it was too dry for my tastes. I love how ooey and gooey your recipe looks. I will be conquering this over the weekend : )
Mmm….that looks delicious! I recently conquered making moist chicken breasts that everyone in the family would eat.
OH MY YUM…need I say more – can’t wait to make this for my family!
I recently made pralines for the first time. It was fun and frustrating at the same time. I’m going to keep trying until I master them. New appliances would help make the process less challenging.
I love my Kitchen Aid mixer!! I love your stuff, and your kitchen is beautiful!
Made mango chutney and CANNED IT!!….my very first attempt at canning.
Made pumpkin bread with cranberry honey, sooo good! Can’t wait to try this recipe next!
Like your new recipe would like to win the appliances to make it with.
I love making apple crisp I never thought to put caramel in it I’m going to try this recipe. I would love to win this mixer I need it so bad to do my recipes.
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I conquered my mothers homemade pecan caramel cinnamon rolls!! best childhood memory making those with my mother and i was so excited to make them for my kiddos!!!
That crumble looks amazing. I want to tackle homemade pasta.
I conquered four pounds of buttercream icing last week, that was a challenge using a hand mixer–would love those kitchenaid appliances. Thanks for the apple caramel recipe, the husband would love it if I made this.
YUM-O! Started off my fall baking by making 1 ton of monster cookies and eating 1/2 a ton in one day. Bring on the yummy fall recipes. Love your great ideas and your beautiful kitchen.
I am so making that this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!! I just conquered learning how to cook with lentils for the first time. I made an Indian dish and it was amazing and everyone loved it. I don’t know why I haven’t been cooking with them forever.
I also did the alternate form of entry
I made homemade apple pie for the first time the other week! I always had bought premade pie crust, but I wanted to do it from scratch this time. It really made a difference and was proud of myself for conquering it!
Salted + Apple + Caramel may be my the best combinations of words I have heard for a dessert yet. Thank you for introducing me to this one!
I love this recipe and am very excited to start making fall desserts. Your kitchen remodel looks great and I would love to win the Kitchen Aid sweepstakes!
You did so awesome on your video! You are a natural! That desserts looks so good!!
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I recently tried to make my own Macaroons and it went dreadfully wrong honestly! But I am up to 3 attempts now and each time its improving so that is a plus.
I am going to try this recipe tonight!
I just got another bushel of apples from the neighbor. This is a luscious looking recipe to try with those. I have apple butter in the crockpot as we speak, will be canning that up in a couple more hours. It’s all apples all the time around here now!
Great video and Oh my word….. that recipe!! YUM! Will be making it soon. Thanks for posting!
I just went apple picking this past weekend- this recipe sounds amazing! I absolutely love my KA stand mixer and love all of their appliances. Your oven looks so incredibly beautiful 🙂
Caramel – Apples – Salt – Perfect ….. wish I had a KitchenAid Mixer to help me when I try and make this!
I am going to the applefarm this Sunday. I will make the apple crisp with some variety of tart apple.
The picture looks sooo good that I gained weigh looking at it. Now I must go to the apple farm right now!!