Powerless Comfort Crumble

Name: Powerless Comfort Crumble
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 5 large apples (preferably Elstar or Jonagold); 2 tablespoons raisins; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 100 g sugar; 100 g flour; 75 g oats; 100 g cold butter; pinch of salt; 12 chocolate fingers (e.g. Verkade)

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TypeDessert

Serves4 people

DateAugust 21, 2026

Warm crumble with chocolate fingers as broken power poles: comfort in times of power outages.

A warm apple crumble in a rectangular baking dish, topped with three rows of chocolate fingers as broken power poles. The dish refers to a dark block without light, the fingers symbolize the snapped poles in Gary.

Ingredients

5 large apples (preferably Elstar or Jonagold)
2 tablespoons raisins
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
100 g sugar
100 g flour
75 g oats
100 g cold butter
pinch of salt
12 chocolate fingers (e.g. Verkade)

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Peel and dice the apples, mix with lemon juice, raisins, cinnamon, and 50 g sugar.
Spread the apple mixture in a rectangular baking dish.
Mix flour, oats, 50 g sugar, salt, and butter into crumbs.
Sprinkle the crumbs over the apples.
Bake the crumble for 30-35 minutes until golden brown.
Let cool for 5 minutes. Place 3 rows of 4 chocolate fingers on top, some askew, as snapped power poles.

Serving notes

Serve warm, optionally with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Make sure the chocolate fingers remain visible as power poles.