Apple Slice

This easy apple slice with a biscuit base is a delicious update on a classic Aussie dessert. Made with warming spiced apple and crunchy, buttery crumble topping.

📝 Ingredients

• 2 cups (300gms) plain flour
• 1/2 cup (60gms) ground almond meal
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 125gms (1/2 cup plus 2 teaspoons) unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup (110gms) brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 can/tin (14oz/400gms) tinned apple slices
• 1 tablespoon plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat your oven to 200°C (390°F)/180°C fan-forced. Grease and line your cake tin with baking paper.
2. 2Add the dry ingredients for the base except for the sugar to a bowl and whisk to mix. In a seperate bowl cream the room temperature butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
3. 3Add the vanilla extract and egg to the butter and sugar mix and mix well. Add the dry ingredients and mix lightly until just combined but still crumbly.
4. 4Put just over half the biscuit mix (350gms) into the greased cake tin and lightly press down until it is evenly spread out on the tin. The mix will feel like quite a thin layer in the tin thin but this is normal. Bake for about twelve minutes or until the base is starting to turn a light golden color.
5. 5Put the tin of pie apples into a bowl. Add the flour and spices for the apple filling and mix well. Spoon the apple mix over the baked base. The apple will only just cover the base, move it around with a spoon until you have a more or less even covering.
6. 6Crumble the rest of the base mix over the apple. Bake for a further twenty-five minutes until the top is golden and crunchy.
7. 7Serve while still warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or equally good once completely cool.