Too much fruit to eat?
I know that could never happen; but if it does, why not make a fruit crisp?
You can use up any pile of fruit you may have sitting in your produce drawer. Mix and match, use what’s in season, or even thaw some frozen fruit for the crisp!
Whatever you do, make sure you serve this with a dollop of fresh whipped cream.
~This recipe is very versatile, and any fruit can be used. The fruit makes it naturally sweet! The fruit crisp is vegan, paleo, gluten-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free!
Ingredients
- 5 cups of fruit (fresh or frozen)
- 3 Tablespoons water
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/3 cup chopped nuts
- 1 Tablespoon coconut oil, melted
- pinch salt
- optional: spices. I used 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of fresh minced ginger
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375*.
- If using frozen fruit, first thaw the fruit. If you are using fresh fruit, chop the fruit and place into a 2-qt baking dish. Then add the water and toss with salt (the salt brings out some of the natural sweetness in the fruit).
- Next, mix together the oats, nuts, and spices, and sprinkle over the fruit.
- Drizzle the coconut oil over the oat-nut topping.
- 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.
- Serve hot or cold with Whipped Coconut Cream.
Notes
Eat a bit of your fruit of choice before baking to make sure it is sweet enough for your tastes. If it isn't, try mixing it with another sweet fruit to make it sweeter, puree some dates with the extra liquid, or add a pinch of stevia.
In these pictures I made a Peach-Apple Crisp. I had a lot of peaches sitting on my counter when a peach crisp craving struck. The peaches weren’t quite ripe yet and rather crunchy, so I mixed it with a couple sweet apples and the sweetness and texture of the crisp was perfect. It was a refreshing way to end a nice summer meal.
Stuck on fruit mix ideas? How about some of these:
Spring:
- Strawberry
- Apricot-Cherry
- Banana-Mango
Summer:
- Mixed Berry
- Black Cherry
- Fig-Plum
- Strawberry-Peach
- Peach-Berry
Fall:
- Pear
- Apple-Cranberry-Date
- Huckleberry-Apple
- Persimmon
Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:
Let’s expand this list! What does your favorite fruit crisp include?
This post is a part of myΒ Operation Beautiful Food Project. My original recipe was postedΒ here.Β
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I love this recipe, I’ve made it before! Pear and blueberry go really well together, especially if you use crushed almonds for the 1/3 cup of nuts in the crumble mixture (thanks to Angela@OhSheGlows for that flavour combination π
I saw an excellent article about sugar today, you probably know all this already but I thought I’d post it anyway! (I’m sorry I don’t know how to make it clickable): http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/11/why-our-food-is-making-us-fat?CMP=twt_gu
Jenny,
Yay! I’m so glad you liked it π LOVE the pear-blueberry-almond combo idea. Sounds too tasty. And thanks for the article, I’ll check it out!
so summery i love it alex! cute pics too π
looks amazing! I’ve always been particularly fond of apples when baked but some if the combos you suggested sounded great .
I’ve been curious and wondered if you could answer a question. since you don’t eat gluten but I don’t believe you we’re celiac (more of a personal choice because you feel better not eating it) do you use regular oats or gluten free I
This looks so delicious! I’m glad you posted ideas for different crisps based on the season. Too bad the current fruit in over-abundance in my house is oranges right now, but I am thinking I’m going to get some fruit just to make the crisp anyway π
Sam,
Ooo, yeah, orange crisp? Don’t think that would work out too well! haha…
These look soooo delicious! Too much fruit?! Never! I could eat fruit all day long. Thanks for sharing π
That fruit crisp looks amazing! I hate wasting fruit and usually always have oats and nuts on hand so this is perfect! π
Looks great! I would call that a “fruit crumble” as opposed to a crisp… that’s what we call it on this side of the globe anyhow! Either way, it sure is a delicious dessert…. I love an apricot + walnut combination with lots of cinnamon π
I don’t think this recipe can be considered paleo because it has oats in it.