Description
Warm, spiced apples meet a tender, buttery crumb and a crackly brown-butter topping that melts in your mouth.
Ingredients
Scale
- 300 g (2 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour
- 10 g (2 tsp) baking powder
- 3 g (1/2 tsp) baking soda
- 6 g (1 tsp) kosher salt
- 170 g (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 200 g (1 cup) granulated sugar
- 100 g (1/2 cup, packed) light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 120 g (1/2 cup) sour cream
- 10 ml (2 tsp) vanilla extract
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) lemon juice
- 600 g (about 3 medium apples, mixed variety)
- 75 g (1/3 cup) unsalted butter (for brown-butter crumb)
- 90 g (3/4 cup) all-purpose flour (for brown-butter crumb)
- 50 g (1/4 cup) light brown sugar (for brown-butter crumb)
Instructions
- Prep the apples: Peel and core apples, then slice 5 mm thick. Toss with 50 g sugar and lemon juice, letting sit for 10 minutes.
- Make the brown-butter crumb: Melt and brown 75 g unsalted butter until nutty and golden. Stir in flour and brown sugar until crumbly.
- Mix dry ingredients: Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
- Cream butter and sugars: Beat butter with granulated and brown sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each.
- Add sour cream and vanilla, beating until smooth.
- Combine dry and wet mixtures, folding gently until just combined.
- Fold in apples and their juices gently.
- Bake: Pour batter into a greased pan, sprinkle crumb on top, and bake at 175°C (350°F) for 45-55 minutes.
- Cool and serve: Cool in the pan for 20 minutes before inverting. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
Store in an airtight container. It can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to 4 days.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 31g
- Sodium: 220mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 58g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 80mg