Blackberry Crisp

Give me all the berries this season: raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and even cranberries.  ​I want them scattered in my morning bowl of cornflakes and baked into my breakfast muffins.  I want them made into delicious holiday treats and coated with sugar and sitting on top of my favorite cakes.  

Berries make the best decorations for any holiday treats.  Coating this particular red berry in sugar has a very interesting effect on peoples animosity toward the cranberry.  If I were to guess, I'd say that there's only a very small percentage of the population that actually enjoys eating fresh cranberries.   I'm happen to be one of that elite group and I know that I could increase the number of cranberry fans in the world if I could get people to taste just one of my sugared cranberries.  😋

I can get away with serving homemade cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving but given it's limited appeal, I tend to steer clear of cranberry desserts for any other occasion.  When I make dinner for guests, I stick to berries that are more universally accepted like black, blue and rasp. (rasp?) 😅

This blackberry crisp is one of the easiest and most delicious way to enjoy fresh berries.  I love this crisp so much that whenever I have extra berries on hand, I put this together, pop it in the freezer and save it for a rainy day.  Did I mention that this recipe works with any fruit?  Even cranberries.  🤣

Blackberry Crisp
​ 1 1/2 cup quick oats
 1 cup flour
 1 cup brown sugar
 1/4 teaspoon salt
 1 cup butter, cut into tablespoon-size pieces

FRUIT:
 8-10 cups fresh blackberries 
 1/3 cup sugar
 1/3 cup flour
 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Combine together oats, flour, brown sugar and salt in food processor. 

Cut in butter until crumbly.

Stir together blackberries, sugar, flour and lemon juice. 

Spread into a greased 9x13" pan.

​Sprinkle topping evenly over fruit.

Bake 45 minutes at 350.

Serve with a scoop of ice cream.

​If you don't have access to fresh berries - you can always substitute frozen berries.  There are endless possibilities of fruit options and fruit combinations that you can create.  Peach and cranberry crisp anyone?

​Ciao!

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