Inspired by a recent post by Real Local Cooking, I decided to use my stash of blackberries and strawberries to make a fruit crisp. I had a good amount of strawberries that needed to be eaten immediately or composted. We love cobblers, but I like the idea of having oatmeal with my fruit–specially crispy oats. I found a recipe that called for way too much sugar and adapted it a bit. We had it for dessert last night and it was wonderful! The topping was very crispy and almost like granola. I used 6 cups of fruit–you can use any variety you want, I think, and adapt it based on what you have that is fresh and handy. The original recipe is Triple Berry Crisp from Allrecipes.com, but here is my adapted version:
Berry Crisp
- 1 quart ripe strawberries (about 4 c.)
- 1 full pint of blackberries (about 2 c.)
- 2 c. whole wheat flour
- 2 c. rolled oats
- 1 1/4 c. organic, dark brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 c. organic butter
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Wash fruit, drain and cut large fruit (strawberries) in half. Set aside.
- In another large bowl, combine wheat flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Put butter in a bowl and microwave to melt.
- Pour butter over flour mixture and combine until crumbly. Press half of crumb mixture into the bottom of a 9 x 13″ pan (I actually used a ceramic, deep dish pie pan).
- Cover with berries.
- Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture over the berries.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes or until fruit is bubbly and top is golden brown and crispy.
Enjoy those summer berries!
hannah
/ June 11, 2012This looks wonderful. We love fruit crisps and I love how flexible the recipes are. One of my favorite combinations is berries with plums – I like to do it when the plums are still a little tart. Your description of the topping as granola-like has me intrigued – I’ll have to give this one a try! Yum yum.
Year Of Healthier Living
/ June 11, 2012I hope you like it!
Choc Chip Uru
/ June 11, 2012This sounds scrumptious my friend – all those fresh berries have really got me feeling the berry mood 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Year Of Healthier Living
/ June 11, 2012You know what goes great with berries??? That’s right…CHOCOLATE 🙂
Heather @ SugarDish(Me)
/ June 12, 2012This is my most favorite way to bake berries. Crispy oatmeal all the way!!!