White Tea Apple Crumble
Crumble? Cobbler? Crisp? What’s the difference? Honestly, I don’t know. Even after looking them all up several times I see people refer to different things, different ways. That’s ok.
I’m naming this dish a crumble because to me, it’s a little crumbly just how I like it :)
This is another super simple recipe. While I will do some more in depth recipes too, to keep me on my one blog post a week routine, I need to keep things simple most of the time. The benefit of this is that I can figure out how to use ingredients I have on hand to create yummy things and share that with you too!
So today’s quick recipe, you need:
-Apples
-Butter
-Rolled oats
-Flour
-Baking soda (optional)
-Lemon
-Brown Sugar
-White tea
I used 4 apples for this crumble, they were two different kinds that I got in my weekly product box. In terms of prep, I would suggest slicing them relatively thinly so baking is quicker and cut out seeds etc. Some people peel the apples but I personally love the skin so I leave it on! Feel free to peel them if you’d like!
Tea comes into this recipe at the very start! I brewed up some white tea and soaked the apple for 2-3 hours in the tea! I brewed some Columbian white tea very strong and let it cool slightly before I put the apple in because I didn’t want them to soften too much.
After about 3 hours, they looks like this, tinted with the white tea (compare to above photos) and they had a lovely white tea fragrance and taste. The reason I brewed the white tea strongly is that this is a very subtle taste and I wanted the apples to get as much flavor as possible from the tea!
This dish that I’m using is actually a quiche dish but I like the taller edges so I always use it for pies and other things besides quiche. I also added in a handful of blueberries and blackberries to this for a little variety. Feel free to add your favorite fruits!
For the inside, I sprinkled about 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, the juice of 1 lemon and 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda. I usually use 1/3 a lemon but the lemon I had wasn’t very juicy so I used the whole one. I love tart so the more lemon the better but lessen this if you don’t want it as tart. As for the baking powder, I have made this without it and it was fine.
The topping is very simple also. I leave the rolled oats whole because I like the texture but if you want it less crunchy you can put them in a food processor and pulse a few times. I melted 2 tablespoons of butter and mixed it into 1 cup of rolled oats. I then sprinkled some flour over the oats, just a little like a teaspoon to a tablespoon. Sprinkle the topping over the fruit as evenly as you can and place in the oven!
I baked this at 350 for about 50 minutes. I did 30 minutes then checked on it and did 2 intervals of 10 minutes. After the first 30 minutes, I cute up some small cubes of butter and placed them over the topping to add a little golden brown buttery goodness. Let it cool slightly so you don’t burn your mouth and voila!
A simply crumble for you. The topping isn’t stuck together that much which is how I like it but if you would like it to stick together more I would increase the flour and butter when preparing the topping.
I could see this being pretty good with hojicha or roasted oolong apples as well!
I hope you enjoy tea soaked apple crumble :)
Mini Apple Cider Donuts
Happy November and welcome to a special recipe post! Not only will I be sharing this fun mini apple cider donut recipe, this recipe is part of a virtual tea party I was invited to join in on by Daniela of Tea Cachai!
At the end of this post I will link the rest of the menu from the other tea party chefs so that you can see and create their recipes as well!
If you were around last fall, I made apple cider donuts but I used my large pan! This time, in honor of the tea party I made them mini!
Mini donuts are so awesome because you can eat like 10 of them and it’s as if you only ate one big donut hehe.
For this recipe, I made my own apple cider. It’s super simple. The gist of it is that you cut up a bunch of apples throw them in a pot with enough water and add some spices! I actually had to switch pots after this photo. I have a full post here about how to make your own apple cider.
The changes I made this time were purely out of what I had. I used about 10 tiny honey crisp apples, I added peppercorn, cardamom and cinnamon and didn’t use cheese cloth because I ran out! I also infused this apple cider with oriental beauty oolong instead of green tea.
If you’re thinking - ain’t no body got time for that- you can also just buy apple cider from the store and reduce it a bit so that it’s stronger!
Last time, I used this recipe to make the donuts with a few additions. Check out the recipe here and below I’ll tell you about some of the changes I made.
1 and 1/2 cups (360ml) apple cider ——> I made my own tea infused apple cider
1/2 cup (100g) packed light or dark brown sugar —-> This recipe called to use 1 cup of sugar, 1/2 white and 1/2 brown. I used light brown sugar for the entire cup.
1/2 cup (120ml) milk, at room temperature* ——-> I used chasew Milk
Bake for 10 -11 minutes ———> while my timing with the smaller pan wasn’t much less, I would suggest baking time of 9-10 minutes
I used a mini donut pan instead of a larger one.
This recipe is great because it’s super simple. You mix dry ingredients and wet ingredients then combine them and bake!
When pouring the batter into the molds, i suggest something with a spout of a piping bag!
My mini donut pan has 12 spaces and this recipe allowed me to make 5 pans! You could probably stretch it to 6 if you make smaller donuts by not filling the pan entirely.
These are perfect for a tea party because they are simple, quick and a perfect size for a bite sized snack. These are great to dip in your tea, especially if you have a smaller cup and wont fill you up after a few.
Being Mini, there are also so many fun ways to display them! If you’re an apple lover, this is definitely something that you need to try!
But hey, don’t ruin your appetite with only donuts! We have a full menu of delicious treats! Check out all the other recipes that are part of this virtual tea party!
Chicken roasted red pepper AND Lapsang walnut vegan cream cheese tea sandwiches
Daniela - Tea Cachai
Lu Ann - The Tea Cup Of LIfe
Caroline - Pinch Me I’m Eating
Shortbread cookies
Mimi - The Capsule Kitchen
German Apple Pancake
My older sister found a video of a "German Apple pancake" a while back and decided she wanted that to be her sweet. In case you're lost I've mentioned in past posts that for Iranian New Year (Norouz) I gave everyone in my family a ticket for a sweet of their choice, some are still cashing in :)
The recipe is from the site Tip Hero and is accompanied by a really simple and helpful recipe!
Check out the recipe here.
Tips: This recipe was fairly simple but I would suggest cutting your slices a bit thinner, the outcome will be less chunky.
Have you tried any good recipes recently ? Share you favorites with me!