This is a safe place. This is the place you can openly admit to watching Bachelor In Paradise and eating chocolate chips for dinner.
It’s Monday and the sheer fact that we’re making it through the day means that anything goes including chocolate for dinner and super easy crumble cobblers for dessert. It’s as simple as that, really.
Hopefully you have a peach and a few strawberries. Maybe you have a plum and a few cherries. Maybe there are a few blackberries and raspberries in your fridge. Noooo banana… save that for smoothie tomorrow morning.
Flour, brown sugar, oats, and pie spices together in a bowl. Just like old times, really.
Cold butter is added in cubes and the entire mixture is worked together into a buttery crumble.
I love the addition of sliced almonds, but you can skip those ooorrr add flaked coconut if you’re feelin’ it!
Any little oven-safe dishes will do. I have these 1-cup dishes that are just perfect for packing with fruit and crumble.
Easy layers.
Fresh fruit topped with crumble. Crumble topped with more fruit Fruit topped with more crumble.
Topped with almonds and, because there’s a lot of goodness packed into these 1-cup bowls, I press it down a bit with a spoon. It will all cook down in the oven. Not to worry.
Baked until bubbly and golden crisp. It’s too easy, really.
Warm and ready for action! These little cobblers are perfect served warm from the oven, or topped with cold almond milk, whipped cream, or French Vanilla ice cream.
Weeknight baking! Let’s keep it easy.
Ingredients
- 1 ripe peach, pitted and cut into medium chunks
- 1 scant cup fresh sliced strawberries
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/3 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground all-spice
- two small pinches salt
- 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
- 1/3 cup sliced almonds (optional, but lovely)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, toss together peach chunks and strawberry slices. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together flour, brown sugar, oats, spices, and salt. Add the butter chunks, and using your hands, quickly break the butter down into the dry ingredients. Some of the butte will the size of oat flakes, some the size of peas. Work the butter into the mixture. Toss in the sliced almonds and combine.
- Use two, small, oven-safe ramekins for baking. My ramekins were 1-cup size. Fill the ramekins halfway with peach and berries. Add a small handful of crumble topping to each ramekin. Split the remaining fruit between the two ramekins and top with the remaining crumble topping. Press the fruit and topping down into the ramekin. It should be very full and overflow a bit. Not to worry. It will cook down in the oven.
- Place the uncooked cobblers in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes, or overnight.
- When ready to bake, place a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper to protect from any bubble over.
- Place the chilled ramekins on the prepared baking pan and bake for 22-28 minutes until bubbling and golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before serving. Serve alone, drizzled with almond milk, topped with whipped cream, or with a side of ice cream!
lizytishknits
LOVE that it’s a recipe for two! Perfect for the best, ripe peaches we just got from our CSA.
Becky
Quick! Add salt to the crumble! ;)
joythebaker
you’re so right! done and done!
Abby @ totesdelishblog
Into this small catch cobbler! I might eat it all myself, cool? :)
joythebaker
totally cool!
A Magpie in the Sky
BLurgh banana cobbler. Except then you got me thinking… baked bananas are good. What about a cobbler top with some graham cracker crumbs and tucking the banana in with some marshmallows and chocolate chips before topping with the oaty mixture… Baked banana smore’s cobbler. I kind of might have to try it now. Also chocolate for dinner = YES.
joythebaker
i really like the way your brain is working here!
A Magpie in the Sky
Thanks! Unfortunately I live with a banana hater :( While I have you I just wanted to say I’m excited about the new (old) podcast, can’t wait to listen to “We’re about to be friends”. Have a lovely day.
Medha @ Whisk & Shout
This looks delicious! I love the serving size and the customizability! I loooove the sliced almonds here but would probably add some coconut too (who says it has to be an either or?)
Ali | Gimme Some Oven
Ha, I may or may not have watched the chaos that is Bachelor In Paradise with frozen pizza and wine. :) This cobbler would have been at least one classier step to make that evening. Seriously, looks beautiful!
Vickie S.
Thanks so much for posting a recipe “for 2”!! Although I delight in baking regular size baked goods that I take into my office, I can only eat so much by myself! My kids are gorwn and it’s just me……..baking in small batches is also fun and just as yummy!
Adrienne K
I don’t love oats in my fruit crisps….. How much extra flour could I substitute?
Jessica
I love experimenting with crisps. Recently, flax meal in the topping worked well and I love serving crisp with plain yogurt for breakfast.
dessertfortwo
Well, you KNOW I’m all over this dessert for two like white on rice! I love it!!! xo
Mallory
well aren’t those just perfect! lovely as always, joy!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
Definitely my kind of meal. I am always in search of a quick fruit dessert!
ileana
Brilliant! This is my favorite kinda dessert for summer, and I like having a recipe for just two.
Clementine Buttercup
Such a good idea for left over berries which we always seem to have in our fridge! Crumble is a winner in our house!
Emma B (@StripeSnapshots)
I shall definitely be making this in the week, so many lovely fruits in season at the moment it’s fun to do something a bit different with them than just eating straight up or with cereal. Yum!
Rachel
i like this safe place. i can admit to the amount of times i’ve got up from the tv in the middle of the evening to make your single chocolate pudding, and being so easy i don’t even bother to turn it out onto a plate.