Apples, blackberries, blueberries, figs, grapes, pears, plums, raspberries…
Do you know what I am listing?
The fruits of Autumn!
Like I have said before, I love fall! I also love the fruits the season gives, too. I remember going apple picking a couple years ago at a friend’s farm. She grows the most delicious apples, and makes her own apple cider vinegar with the bruised apples! Her trees were full of apples, and it took my family of five people 2 hours to pick just one tree!ย Crazy, but it was so much fun! She also gave us two huge bags of apples for our hard work.
- My little sister’s depiction of fall. Isn’t she a fantastic artist?
Anyway, I started listing fall fruits because they are the base of my sugar-free fruit crisp!
Pick-a-Fruit Crisp
~This recipe is very versatile, and any fruit can be used. The fruit makes it naturally sweet! The fruit crisp is vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, and of course, sugar-free!
Ingredients
- 5 cups of fruit (frozen or fresh works! I used a mix of frozen mixed berries and 2 fresh peaches for the picture above.)
- water or juice if using only fresh fruit
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/3 cup chopped nuts (I used a mix of almonds and walnuts)
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine (it is only vegan if you use margarine)
- optional: spices. I used 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of fresh minced ginger
Preheat oven to 375*. If using frozen fruit, first thaw the fruit in a 2-quart baking dish. If you are using fresh fruit, chop the fruit and place into the baking dish. Then add a bit of water or juice to the fresh fruit.
Next, mix together the oats, nuts, and spices. Then, chop the butter into small pieces and mix with the oat-nut topping. Place the topping on the fruit, and spread over the top. Bake the crisp for 30-35 minutes or until the fruit is tender and bubbling. If the top is not golden brown, you may wish to broil it for a few seconds until it has that nice golden coloring.
Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:
Have you ever gone apple picking or other-kind-of-produce-picking? Along with my apple-picking experience, I am a huge fan of going to the pumpkin patch! It feels so much better than picking out a pumpkin at the grocery store!
I have not gone apple picking before but would love to. I have been to a strawberry picking farm that grows hydroponic produce. It is nice to have fresh strawberries even if they are double the price then store bought. When I was little, my parents would take my bothers and me to the pumpkin patch to pick our pumpkins. It is so much more fun to go to a pumpkin patch for pumpkins then the grocery store.
Your sisters picture is beautiful. It is a perfect fall setting. That fruit crisp looks great too. ๐
Oh! There is a new hydroponic farm in my area, but I have never been to it! I’ve been really wanting to check it out!
I LOVE apple crumble! The ultimate comfort food, I reckon, especially with custard, mmmmm ๐
When I was at college, I worked picking fruit one summer. It was lovely although I remember going to get my hair cut one day after work and the shock on the hairderesser’s face at the twigs she found in in, oops!
Eleanor
That would be THE BEST summer job! Good exercise, and picking fruit! What can be better than working in Nature?
Thank you for coming to my blog! Yours is so refreshing…reminds me of apples, green apples ๐
I’ve only ever gone strawberry picking years and years ago…I think going to an orchard sounds lovely ๐
uve inspired me and i will definitely make a fruit crisp soon!!! OMG! apple or strawberry rhubarb is my favorite!!! mmMMmm
happy sunday beautiful!
This looks great. I used to love making apple crisps! YUM!
wow your sister is a good artist! i’ve never been apple picking..only black berry..and pecan picking.
Your blog is great, lots of awesome recipes! This crisp is particularly delicious, I am sure. Loved your Laraballs.