This easy Air Fryer apple crumble is easy to make and great to serve as a sweet treat!
Use your favorite apples preferably sweet so you do not need to add a lot of sugar. Soft apples with a tasty crumble topping are all you need. Only need half an hour in the Air Fryer and it is ready to serve. So, are you ready to learn how to make Air Fryer apple cinnamon crumble? Get ready to put it into the air fryer!
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What You Need For This Recipe
To make this apple crumble recipe in the Air Fryer you only need a handful of ingredients. Put the following on your grocery shopping list and have them ready when you start:
- Appels – use a sweet or tart apple like Granny Smith apples
- Sugar – you can use fine sugar or granulated sugar
- Cinnamon – add it for that characteristic apple pie flavor and aroma
- Butter – use unsalted butter
- All-purpose flour – make pie dough using all-purpose flour
You can find all the ingredient amounts and instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
How To Make Air Fryer Apple Crumble
- Start by peeling the apples and dice them in small parts. Put them in a big bowl.
- Then add 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Stir to combine the apple with the sugar and cinnamon.
- Take another bowl and add the hard butter, flour, and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Use your hands to rub the ingredients together so you get a crumble.
Note: It is easier to use refrigerated butter instead of room temperature or soft butter. When the butter is soft it will stick to your hands and make a mess. With refrigerated butter, you can rub it into a crumble without butter all over the place.
- Put the crumbled dough in the fridge. Preheat the Air Fryer to 375℉/190℃ for 3 minutes.
- Take a cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- Then add the apple mixture to the pan can press it down.
- Cook the apples in the Air Fryer for 20 minutes.
- Take the cake pan out of the Air Fryer. Then sprinkle the crumbled dough on top of the apple mixture and press it down slightly.
- Bake the apple crumble for another 15 minutes.
- Take the cake pan out of the air fryer and let it cool to warm.
- You can serve the apple crumble cold or warm.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Whether it is fall and apple season or you just have some apples lying around you can always make this recipe. This apple crumble doesn’t have a crust other than the topping but you do not need it anyway.
To prevent your crumble from turning too brown we bake this crumble in two parts. First, the apples so they can go soft and jam-like, and then you put the crumble on top and bake it.
If you love apples you are going to love this recipe. Just sprinkle cinnamon on the apples and you are into that fall vibe in no time. Enjoy it as a sweet treat but you can also make it for dessert.
This crumble doesn’t contain any granola or oats but butter, flour, and sugar crumble and that is all you need for a sweet topping.
Best Apples For Air Fryer Apple Crumble
There are a lot of apples you can use for apple dishes like this apple crumble. If you choose a sweet apple, you can reduce the amount of sugar you need to add.
You can also combine two or more types of apples. Select a sweet and a tart apple for the best result.
| Type of Apple | Sweet/Tart | Firmness |
| Gala | Sweet | Soft but doesn’t break down completely |
| Golden Delicious | Mildly sweet apple | Breaks down easily |
| Jonagold | Honey-flavored sweetness with a bit of tart | Firm apple stays solid while baking |
| Jonathans | Sweet and tart flavor. A combination of Golden Delicious and Jonagolds | Firm apples that hold up well while baking |
| Honeycrisp | Sweet and crunchy apple | Stays firm and holds its shape while baking |
| Pink lady | Both sweet and tart | Firm apple holds up well during baking |
| Braeburn | Balance flavor of sweet and tart that turns sweet when cooked | A Firm apple holds up, and doesn’t become runny while baking |
| Fuji | Sweeter than the honey crisp. Very big apples so need fewer apples | Stays firm while baking |
| Golden Delicious | More tart than sweet but requires some sugar while baking | Firm great for baking apple pies |
| Cortland | More sweet flavor with a tart undertone | A firm apple holds its shape |
How To Store Apple Crumble
You can make an Air Fryer apple crumble ahead of time and store it. Let the crumble cool completely before cutting it.
- Room temperature – you can store the apple crumble at room temperature. Store it in an airtight container if you want to serve it within a day
- Refrigerator – in all cases it is good to store the apple crumble in the fridge to cool and get a more solid crumble. When you store it in the fridge it becomes a solid cake and you can cut it. You can store it for at least 3 days
- Freezer – if you want to store it longer you can store it in the freezer. Put it in a freezer-friendly food container. Recommended to first let it cool in the fridge so you can cut it then after cutting it you can put it in the food container and freeze it for at least 3 months
How To Reheat Apple Crumble
This apple dish can be served cold but it also tastes great when you warm it up a little. You have several ways to reheat and warm your apple cinnamon crumble:
- Oven – you can warm the apple cinnamon crumble in the oven. Preheat the oven to 325℉/163℃. Put your slices of crumble on a plate or put it in a baking dish. The crumble should be warm not piping hot so heat for 5 minutes or until warm
- Air Fryer – an Air Fryer is great to warm apple crumble. Put the crumble in a cake pan and cover it with foil to prevent it from going darker. Preheat the Air Fryer to 300℉/150℃ for 3 minutes. Warm for 3-5 minutes until warm
- Microwave – you can also warm crumble in the microwave. Put the apple pie on a microwave-safe plate and heat for 1 minute. Check if the apple pie is warm else extend by 30 seconds and check again
More Apple Baking Recipes To Try
If you like apples we have more delicious recipes with apples like:
- Baked applesauce in Air Fryer
- Apple cake
- Dutch apple pie
- Apple pie galette
- Air Fryer apple crumble pie
- Puff pastry apple galette in Air Fryer
- Air Fryer apple pie
- Apple turnover
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Air Fryer Apple Crumble
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10 minutes
35 minutes
5 minutes
50 minutes
This Air Fryer apple crumble recipe is easy to make and only needs to bake for 35 minutes. The apple filling is soft and has a slightly sweet crumble topping on top. Serve apple crumble as a dessert or a sweet treat.
Ingredients
- 1-1½ lb apples
- 60 grams of unsalted butter (2⅕ oz)
- 75 grams of all-purpose flour (2⅔ oz)
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Instructions
- Peel the apples and dice them in small parts and put them in a big bowl. Add 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Stir to combine the apple with the sugar and cinnamon
- Take another bowl and add the hard butter, flour, and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Use your hands to rub the ingredients together so you get a crumble
- Preheat the Air Fryer to 375℉/190℃ for 3 minutes. Take a cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper then add the apple mixture to the pan can press it down
- Cook the apples in the Air Fryer for 20 minutes
- Take the cake pan out of the Air Fryer. Then sprinkle the crumbled dough on top of the apple mixture and press it down slightly
- Bake the apple crumble for another 15 minutes. Take it out of the oven and let it cool to warm
- You can serve the crumble cold or warm
Notes
- It is easier to use refrigerated butter instead of room temperature or soft butter to make the crumble topping
- When the butter is soft it will stick to your hands and make a mess. With refrigerated butter, you can rub it into a crumble without butter all over the place
- Adjusted from this apple crumble recipe on All Day In the Oven
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4
Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 304Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 4mgCarbohydrates: 48gFiber: 5gSugar: 27gProtein: 3g
Please note: Nutrition information is added for informational purposes only. It is possible it isn’t completely accurate.