My summer love language is pink and fruity. All I want to do this weekend is put Van Morrison in my headphones, tool down the bike path at the beach, people-watch, seagull-watch, and express my affections in strawberries and raspberries.
Good, right? What more do we really need? (If your answer to that rhetorical question was: CRISP OAT TOPPING!!!… then you’ve totally come to the right place.)
We don’t even need a bowl for our mellow summer baking. This crisp topping can come together on a clean counter or a plain ol’ baking sheet.
Pile together flour, oats, sugar, and spice and work in cold butter and walnuts.
This is totally relaxed summer baking. Embrace it!
Flour, sugar, oats and spice. Gather it all with your fingers. It’s totally cool.
Quickly break cold butter into the dry ingredients. It’s like we’re making pie crust but much more mellow and spiced.
Gather in the walnuts and we’re all the way in the game!
Combine fresh raspberries and big strawberry bites. Add a big dose of crumble. We’re going to stir it together.
We’re adding flavor and coating the fruit in a bit of flour and oats. The fruit juices will bake and thicken beautifully.
The rest of the crisp topping is piled atop the fruit.
It’s a lot of topping. It’s serious.
Baked and golden. The more golden the crust, the more crisp the bites. Yes!
This crisp is elegant in its comfort and simplicity. The raspberries bake down into a jammy consistency and the strawberries become slight and tender, but still hold their shape. The amount of oat topping rivals the amount of fruit, making this crisp extra toothsome, extra crunchy, extra delicious.
Breakfast? Yes. Afternoon snack? Sure? Dinner? You know I’ve done it.
This is an anytime, summertime crisp. Do it up!
Strawberry Raspberry Crumble
makes 1 8×8-inch pan
1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
2 cups fresh raspberries (if using frozen, just thaw and drain)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup old fashioned oats
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small cubes
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (optional)
Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Place sliced strawberries and raspberries in a square 8×8-inch baking dish and set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, oats, spices, and salt. Add the butter and toss the mixture together with your hands. Break the butter up into the flour mixture until the butter is the size of small pebbles and oat flakes. This took me about 4 minutes. Toss in the walnuts (if using).
Toss a generous handful (about 1 cup) of crumble topping into the strawberry and raspberry mixture. Toss loosely with your hands. Spread fruit evenly in the pan and top with the remaining crumble mixture. Bake until fruit is juicy and bubbling, and the top of the crumble is slightly browned and crisp, about 30 minutes.
Remove from the oven, let cool slightly, and serve with vanilla ice cream. Crumble is delicious served warm and can be stored, covered, in the fridge and reheated in the oven or microwave for serving.
Miss Kim @ behgopa
Yum!! I want a bite.
Catherine
I made a nectarine and strawberry crisp and a raspberry and nectarine crisp last week. Fantastic with cream or ice cream.
Crisps ahoy!
ItalianGirlCooks
I like this recipe a lot…so simple, great ingredients, and surely berrylicious!
Robin
This looks delicious! Do you have any suggestions for an oat replacement? I’m allergic :( I was thinking of using something like Bobs Red Mill buckwheat hot cereal (when cooked with water it becomes a similar consistency as oatmeal. I just don’t know if the texture will be right for a crumble topping). Thanks!
Sarah McD
Robin, maybe try chopped coconut? Like the big coconut flakes Joy uses in other recipes, but chopped even smaller so it’s closer in size to oatmeal? That might give the “bite” I imagine comes from the oats.
Melinda
My daughter is allergic to oats, so I use Quinoa flakes as a substitute in crisps/crumbles. Still super yummy!
plasterer bristol
My all time favorite. Awesome recipe. Thanks for sharing this.
Monique Bartley
NOM NOM NOM! If I made this I wouldn’t even serve it on a plate. I’d take the entire pan and a big serving spoon and sit in front of the TV shooing away any hands that came near me.
Anjana @ At The Corner Of Happy & Harried
I just made apple crisp last week (twice actually). Should try this soon.
BTW, love your well-used, well-loved baking pan!
Tieghan
It is perfect in every way. YUM!
Steena
Oh man, I was desperate for a crisp today. So, I made a peach crisp but I wish now that I had waited to see this post. My crisp definitely does NOT have the proper fruit to oaty topping ratio. Is it possible to make an extra batch of topping separately and add it on? Maybe on a cookie sheet?
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
Yes please, love your berry combo and crumble topping!
Andj
I love the crumble mixed into the fruit. Genius!
Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes)
That looks so perfect. There is nothing better than a crisp to me.
Eliz. K
Made a blueberry crisp earlier this week. Yum! I loveeee crisp oat topping :-) This may be on my list for later this week!!
Katy @ Katy's Kitchen
Ha! Yes- my answer to that question was definitely “CRISP OAT TOPPING!” Lol. This looks super delicious and super perfect for summer.
Averie @ Averie Cooks
Joy this is so perfect. Great fruit, butter, oats, brown sugar – summer in a pan with some lovely crumbly bits! And I love that your pan is well-used and broken in. I bet one or two desserts have been made in it…love that :)
Becca From Cookie Jar Treats
Looks amazing! I love jammy goodness and crispy oats :)