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This week we are taking advantage of apple season by covering sliced apples with Pop-Tarts!

 

This is Apple Crumble!

(We lost the photos from this post a few years ago when we had to switch servers! But no worries, the recipe test, and the recipe survived!)

Apple Crumble
Author: Kay Kellogg’s Creative Cookery
Ingredients
  • 4 brown sugar cinnamon toaster pastries (Pop-Tarts_
  • 3 Tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
  • 2 cups of peeled, sliced apples (or a 1 lb 4 oz can of pie-sliced apples)
  • 2 Tablespoons flour
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
  1. Break toaster pastries into a bowl and add melted butter. Crumble with a fork into small pieces and set aside.
  2. Combine apples and remaining ingredients in lightly buttered 8-inch baking dish. Sprinkle topping evenly over filling.
  3. Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees) about 40 minutes or until top is lightly browned. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.

Apple Crumble Kay Kellogg's Creative Cookery 1971

This recipe is from, Kay Kellogg’s Creative Cookery that was published in 1971. And when they say creative, they aren’t kidding.

But I love Pop-Tarts, especially the brown sugar flavor. So I was willing to give this one a whirl. I mean, who doesn’t want a chance to eat kid’s food that they have no business buying as adults?

I mean…a chance to test recipes. For science.

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I am proud to say I did NOT sneak a bite of these before I smushed them. Though I’m pretty sure Alex did.

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Reduced to crumbs, which would not have been possible if not for the addition of butter. So don’t skip that step.

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Since it is apple season, I used fresh baking apples. I know I’m not supposed to sub, but I don’t know if they sell canned plain apples anywhere near me. And I’m not buying canned apple pie filling.  I may secretly yearn for lots of processed foods, but canned apple pie filling is not one of them.

Canned cherry pie filling, on the other hand….

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Finished and topped with Pop-Tarts!

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And here it is fresh from the oven. I probably should have used more flour mixed with the apples, because mine ended up a bit on the runny side. Not too bad, though. It was probably because I used fresh apples vs. canned.

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“How is it?”

“I’m confused. Why would I want to eat this over regular apple crisp?”

The Verdict: Meh.

From The Tasting Notes –

This was fine. It wasn’t earth-shattering, but it wasn’t bad, either. It was, as we expected, on the very sweet side. The Pop-Tarts actually worked well, because they are basically pie crust with cinnamon goo in them. So they were perfect to top apples. The only thing I would change would be to add the Pop-Tart topping halfway through the cooking instead of at the beginning. The crust on the Pop-Tarts became browned to brittleness and the filling caramelized to a crunchy degree that wasn’t totally pleasant if eaten right out of the oven. Since my crumble was a bit on the runny side, after it sat in the fridge overnight it absorbed some of the juice and softened up quite a bit, so I think when you eat the finished crumble should dictate when you add the topping. But if you are home, hungry for apple crumble and only have Pop Tarts for the topping, know that everything will work out just fine.

Plus, Pop-Tarts.

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