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The Best Fruit Crisp Recipe
A fruit crisp is the perfect summer dessert. A great make-ahead, either fully cooked or ready to be baked. Use up all that summer fruit you bought at the farmers' market! This fruit crisp recipe is a starting point for your own creation – use this as a guideline but feel free to experiment with any of the ingredients in type or amount -- sweeteners, the spices, oats/nuts, the fruit etc.
Original recipe: omgyummy.com
- Yield:
- 6 servings
- Prep:
- 10 min
- Cook:
- 40 min
- Total:
- 50 min
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Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter (1/2 stick, cubed)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup rolled oats (can also use nuts chopped fine or a combination)
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg or cardamom (optional)
- 6 cups fresh fruit (chopped if necessary (perfect for 8X8 crisp – use 8 cups for 9 X 13 pan))
- 2 tablespoons flour or 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
- Zest of ½ medium lemon
- Juice of ½ medium lemon
- ¼ cup sugar – adjust depending on natural sweetness of fruit
Instructions
- Using your fingers or the paddle attachment of a mixer to combine the butter, brown sugar, oats, flour, salt, and cinnamon so that each piece is coated and you have a coarse, crumbly mixture.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Put all filling ingredients - fruit, flour, lemon juice, zest and sugar - directly into the 8X8 pan or 9X13 and mix well. Then top with the oat mixture.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 30 – 40 minutes. Depending on the fruit you use, the time can vary a bit – I always check at 30 minutes. When the filling is bubbling vigorously, it is ready. Take it out and let it cool a bit before serving. We always enjoy it with vanilla ice cream melting over the top. Whipped cream is excellent as well. Or just eat it as it is – it is like a bite of summer for dessert.