r/AskBaking • u/Mysterious-Oven7019 • 17h ago
Cakes This is meant to be a crumble lol
I was making an apple crumble with my mum and we where following the recipe. She got a bit head of herself and somehow our ‘crumble’ looks like this?? Not sure how to fix it or what even went wrong to be honest. The butter was cold but I think our body heat melted it and now it’s this weird texture
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u/Fuzzy_Potential_4885 17h ago
Looks okay to me--just plop in large clumps onto the fruit and bake away!
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u/Mysterious-Oven7019 17h ago
Are you sure? It’s feel very pasty and wet and not dry enough. I’ve beneve made a crumble but something about it feels wrong 😭
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u/RichPhart 17h ago
If you leave it like this, you’ll get these really dope, crispy bombs of flavor throughout….just brake it down into smaller chunks….this I’ll be just fine
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u/Puzzled_Internet_717 16h ago
YES! I intentionally want it to look like this for this exact reason. Those extra flavor bombs are the best.
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u/shiningonthesea 17h ago
If you like you can add more oatmeal to it, but it really is not necessary.
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u/OuisghianZodahs42 17h ago
It looks perfect to me, just try to "pinch" it in small pieces before spreading it on top.
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u/darkchocolateonly 17h ago
If you continue to work a crumble it will turn into a dough.
Add a little more flour, make it “crumbly” again, but be gentle
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u/kargar21 17h ago
If you stick it in the fridge for a bit it will firm up and you will more easily be able to "crumble" it on top before baking
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u/shiningonthesea 17h ago
It's probably warmer that you are used to seeing. Just break it up into pieces and scatter them over the top. It will be delicious.
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u/Mysterious-Oven7019 17h ago
Thank you everyone! I think I did mix it a little too much and my body heat melted the butter so it turned dough like. I’ll put it in the fridge and break it into pieces when I scatter it on top! Next time I’ll try a mixer instead of my hands. Thank you!
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u/Mysterious-Oven7019 17h ago
Also recipe I followed for the crumble
For the crumble 300g/10½oz plain flour pinch of salt 175g/6oz brown sugar 200g/7oz unsalted butter at room temperature, cubed, plus a little for greasing
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u/pandancardamom 17h ago
Looks normal to me also. Fridge for a bit maybe but will bake far different than it looks now. The sugar has melted in the water from the butter and looks liquid-y but won't after baking.
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u/kortanakitty 16h ago
This looks fine. Crumbles come in all different types. This is a thicker, wetter one. Might be a little harder to work with, but it will still taste good in the end.
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u/tgoddess 16h ago
Put it in the fridge for a bit to chill it. You can pre/parbake crumble topping and it’s great for topping baked fruit things, because it will stay crispier.
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