Fruit Crumble

Ingredients

For the filling:

• 1lb (450g) cooking apples, rhubarb, gooseberries, damsons, plums, blackberries or other seasonal fruit.
• 1oz (25g) soft brown or golden caster sugar

For the crumble:

• 6oz (150g) wholemeal self- raising flour
• 3oz (75g) sunflower margarine
• 2oz (50g) soft brown or golden caster sugar
• 1oz(25g) porridge oats
• Half a teaspoon ground cinnamon

method

1. Turn oven on to gas 5/190`C/375`F
2. Prepare the fruit according to type, peel, core and slice the apples, rhubarb or gooseberries, and cook, with the sugar,in a little water until softened,remove the stones from the damsons or plumbs and cut into quarters, gently rinse the blackberries. Put it all into an oven proof dish.
3. Prepare the crumble, sift the flour into a bowl. Rub the margarine into the flour until the mixture resembles into fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar and porridge oats.
4. Sprinkle the crumble mixture evenly over the fruit and press down lightly with the back of a spoon, then level
5. Bake for about 40-45 minutes or until the top is golden brown.

Serves about 4 people.

Fruit & Oat Cookies

ingredients

• 4oz(110g) medium oatmeal
• 2oz (50g) wholemeal self-raising flour
• Pinch bicarbonate of soda
• 1 and half teaspoons mixed spice
• 1 small piece grated fresh ginger, or 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1oz (25g) brown sugar
• 1 apple (peeled, cored and grated)
• 2oz (50g) dried apricots (chopped)
• 2oz (50g) raisins or sultanas
• 2 table spoons (30mls) 100% apple juice
• 1 egg (beaten)

method

1. Pre-heat oven to gas mark 4/180`C/350`F
2. Grease 2 baking sheets and dust very lightly with flour.
3. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl. Add a little more apple juice if the mixture is too stiff, but don't let it get over sloppy.
4. Using a tablespoon, drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto the baking sheets, leaving plenty of space between each cookie.
5. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Remove from oven. Leave for 5 minutes before removing the cookies to a wire cooling rack.

Makes approximately 20 biscuits