Maple Crumble with Apples

Make this very easy Maple Crumble with Apples

I made this recipe with my grandkids a few weeks ago and I was surprised that anything this easy to make and with so few ingredients could taste so delicious! The taste of the maple syrup and apple just feels like fall to me. I plan on making this at work sometime soon because I am certain the residents will find this to be a really fun dish to cook and they will love eating it.

Time was about 15 minutes preparation and 25 minutes cooking.
4 servings

Ingredients:

• 8-10 graham crackers
• 4 apples
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1/2 cup maple syrup

Equipment:

• Rolling Pin
• Zip style bag
• 1/2 cup measuring cup
• Peeler for apples
• Paring Knife
• Cutting board
• Oven safe baking dish or several ramekins
  

Directions:

1.       Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

2.       Roll the Graham crackers until crumbled. (you can do this in a zip style bag.)

3.       Mix the crumbled crackers and butter together thoroughly.

4.       Butter an oven proof dish and place pared, sliced apples in the dish.

5.       Pour Maple syrup over the apples. Top with the crumb mixture.

6.       Bake for 25 minutes.

7.       Delicious with ice-cream or whipped cream.

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Maple Syrup Legend

It’s clear that First Nations people were the first to enjoy maple syrup, but exactly how it was discovered is still uncertain. 

One legend, told by the Abenaki people, explains it like this: 

Long ago, the Creator had given the people everything they needed and more. One gift was the maple tree. All they had to do was break the end off a branch and syrup would flow from it. One day, Gluskabe, a mentor and hero of the people, came upon a village that was in disrepair. When he searched the village, he found that all the people were lying on their backs under a maple tree, syrup dripping into their mouths. He discovered that they had become so lazy from the syrup that they could barely move. Gluskabe reported this to the Creator, and the Creator instructed Gluskabe to fill the maple trees with water to teach the people a lesson. When the people asked where their sweet drink had gone, Gluskabe told them that if they wanted the syrup again they would have to work hard to get it. The sap would flow sweet only once a year before the spring. They would need to make birch bark buckets to collect the sap, gather wood to make a fire and boil the sap into syrup. Every year since then, the people remember Gluskabe’s lesson as they work hard to make maple syrup. 

(Source- Girl Guides. Girls First Program)