Mixed Berry Crisp

Name: Mixed Berry Crisp
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 600 g Mixed berries; 50 g Caster sugar; 100 g Oats; 50 g plain flour; 0.5 tsp Cinnamon; 100 g Light brown sugar; 80 g Butter

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Diet: Low Fat / Vegetarian

A classic and comforting dessert that is bursting with berries. Sweet berries topped with a crisp and buttery topping, this Mixed Berry Crisp is an easy dessert that the whole family with love. Top with custard or ice cream or just spoon it straight from the pan.

Mixed Berry Crisp in a bowl with icecream next to a baking dish of more berry crisp

We still love comfort food in the summer time, but we like to put a lighter and seasonal twist on it. This dessert makes use of delicious and ripe seasonal berries, with a crispy oat based topping. Use any mix of berries for a simple dessert that the whole family will love.

If you are looking for some more fruit based desserts, try our Fruit Platter, Grilled Peaches, Baked Bananas or Apple and Blackberry Crumble.

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What to serve it with
Using frozen berries?
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Why you will love it

Total comfort food
Uses summer berries
The whole family loves it
Delicious with custard or ice cream

Step by step

One: Chop the strawberries and put with the rest of the fruit.

A wooden board covered in raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries

Two: Mix together the oats, cinnamon, flour and brown sugar.

Oats, cinnamon, flour and brown sugar together on a plate

Three: Add the cubed butter and using your fingers, crumble it up until it is a fine crumble.

Oats, sugar and flour mixed together with cubes of butter

Four: Put the berries in a large bowl with the caster sugar.

A large stainless steel bowl containing mixed berries and sugar

Five: Pour the berries in to a baking dish.

A round baking dist containing mixed berried coated in sugar

Six: Put the oat mix on top of the berries.

A baking dish with fruit completely covered in an oaty mixture

Seven: Put in a preheated oven at 200°C/400°F/Gas 6 for 40 minutes.

A mixed berry crisp fresh from the oven with a golden brown top and some fruit seeming around the edge

What berries to use

This is a mixed berry crisp, as we have used a mixture of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. However, you could use blackberries too. We used an even mix of the 3 berries, however if your family have a stronger preference for one, then you could weight it towards that. Or just do a strawberry crisp.

Crisp topping

It wouldn't be a crisp without the perfect crispy topping would it. This topping is made with flour, oats, cinnamon, butter and brown sugar and then baked to crispy perfection. We used rolled oats for this recipe.

You could swap the cinnamon for ginger or nutmeg, or use a mixture of the 3. This topping isn't like a crumble which is just flour. We have used a mixture of oats and flour, which gives it that delicious crispy texture.

This topping also works really well on top of stewed apples too.

Cooked berries topped with oats being spooned from a baking dish

What to serve it with

Just like a crumble, this berry crisp is delicious served with custard or ice cream. If you are using ice cream, then keep it simple with a classic vanilla ice cream.

Using frozen berries?

You can use frozen berries in this recipe. That means that even when berries are out of season, you can still enjoy this delicious bake. You can make the recipe the exact same way with frozen berries, but you might need to give it a little more time in the oven.

A bowl of berry dessert and ice cream in front of a dish of berry crisp

FAQs

How to store and reheat berry crisp

This dessert will store in the fridge for 2-3 days. Reheat in the microwave for 1 minute. Be aware that the berries with be VERY hot after reheating.
We wouldn't recommend freezing this dessert as once defrosted, the oats can go quite mushy.

Extra tips

• If you don't have brown sugar for the topping, you could use granulated sugar instead.
• You can swap the cinnamon for ginger and nutmeg, or use a mixture of the three.
• We used blueberries, strawberries and raspberries, however you could use just one.
• This topping is delicious on stewed apples too.
• You can serve this with ice cream or custard.
• You can use frozen berries in this recipe too.

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