Crumble cake with apples (smulpaj)

Most Swedes live in cities. Many Swedes - even in cities - live in villas or have allotment gardens. Therefore, horticulture is very popular.

Now it is autumn and the fruit harvest is in full swing. Then you have to take care of at least part of all the fruit trees produce.

 A good dish is apple pie made with crumb dough. Called "smulpaj" in Swedish.

First you have to peel and clean the apples, so that only good parts come with the pie. If you use fallen fruit it will be much left in the sink.

Then you remove cores from apples and cut the apples into strips and put them in an ovenproof dish. 

I usually pour on a little brown sugar and syrup on apples and put them in the oven so that they may melt a bit before the crumb dough is applied.

Crumb dough consists of

1.5 deciliter flour

1.5 deciliter Oatmeal

1-4 tablespoons sugar

100 grams of margarine or butter.

All this stirred together so that it becomes crumbly.

Crumb dough is in place and the dish is in the oven for about 30 minutes.

Now the apple pie is ready and tasted. Delicious!