Create Your Own Fruit Crumble

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Ingredients

Crumb Topping

  • Use a 50/50 ratio of old-fashioned oats to flour.
  • Add spices of your choice to taste – cinnamon, ginger, all spice, nutmeg, apple pie spice.
  • Sugar – 1/2 to 3/4 cup brown or white.
  • 1 stick of salted or unsalted chilled butter.
  • Salt – 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon if using unsalted butter.
  • Nuts (optional) – 1/4 to 1/2 cup walnuts, pecans, almonds, sliced or diced.
  • Cut the butter into a few large pieces and toss into the dry ingredients. Using your fingers or a fork, work the butter into the dry ingredients until large heavy crumbs are formed.

Fruit

  • For a 13 x 9 pan, use 10-11 cups of fruits of your choice, sliced or diced, with or without skins.
  • Possible combinations – peaches and blueberries; pears and fresh cranberries; strawberries and rhubarb; apples, peaches, plums and strawberries; apples and fresh cranberries; blueberries, raspberries and strawberries.
  • Sweetener – brown or white sugar, agave, honey. The amount depends on sweetness of the fruit(s).
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice and 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest.
  • Cornstarch to thicken the juices from the fruits. 2 to 3 tablespoons is usually enough.
  • Mix everything together in a large bowl.

Directions

  1. Pour fruit mix into a buttered or non-stick sprayed glass, ceramic or other non-reactive baking dish.
  2. Scatter the crumble mix over the fruit. Don’t press it down.
  3. Place baking dish on a foil lined rimmed baking sheet and bake at 375°F for 35 to 50 minutes or until fruits are tender, topping is brown and juices from the fruits are bubbly.
  4. Let sit for a few minutes before serving so juices can thicken a bit.
  5. Serve with whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream.

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