Blueberry Crisp with Oatmeal Crust

Desserts | Baking, Kid Friendly | Fruits

SERVES 6 - START TO FINISH: 40 minutes
Recipe Scoop Blueberry Crisp with Oatmeal Crust

Cooking Notes

This recipe, adapted from "The Joy of Cooking," is easier to put together if the butter is cold.

You can use any combination of berries, or even peaches or pitted cherries, in this crisp.

This is even more wonderful with vanilla ice cream.

Blueberry Crisp with Oatmeal Crust

4 cups blueberries
1 stick cold unsalted butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup quick (not old-fashioned) rolled oats*
1 cup lightly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon almond extract
Vanilla ice cream, for serving, optional

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Rinse berries in a colander and set aside to drain. Remove paper wrapper from butter and set it aside. Cut butter into teaspoon-size pieces and place in a mixing bowl. Add flour, oats, brown sugar and cinnamon. Using 2 knives or a pastry blender, cut butter into flour mixture until it is chunky with pieces resembling small peas.

Use wrapper from butter to lightly grease an 8-inch square baking pan. Shake any remaining water from blueberries and pour into baking pan. Sprinkle almond extract over berries and stir to blend. Sprinkle flour-sugar mixture evenly over berries.

Bake 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Serve at once, with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

Blueberry Crisp with Oatmeal Crust

Approximate Values Per Serving: 413 calories (37% from fat), 17 g fat (10 g saturated), 44 mg cholesterol, 3 g protein, 64 g carbohydrates, 4 g dietary fiber, 186 mg sodium

Comments

From Margie - May 21, 2010

Why quick oats?

From Samina - May 21, 2010

Yum! My standard crisp recipe comes from a Pillsbury cookbook that I've had for ages. It's similar to this one, but, if I'm remembering correctly, has a bit more to it. I'm all for simplicity, so I'll have to give this one a try.

From Beverly Mills - May 21, 2010

Hi Margie, I use the quick oats because they absorb some of the moisture from the fruit (underneath) and cling together better for (sort of) a crust. You could use old-fashioned oats, but the result will be a bit flaky, as in the larger oats that are on top won't really adhere to the rest of the dessert as well. But it would still be delicious. However, I would not use steel-cut oats as they would be too hard.

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