You can never go wrong with a good fruit crisp, especially when stone fruit and berries are plentiful and in season.
It took me a long time to find the perfect recipe for fruit crisp. I tried different variations for years and always found something that wasn’t quite right. For such a simple dessert you’d think it would be easy to make a good one, but there are a lot of factors that can go wrong. The fruit filling can be too sweet, too tart, too thick, too thin. The topping can have too much flour, too much oatmeal, too little butter or be overly greasy. I can, with confidence, tell you that this recipe for mixed summer fruit crisp is the ultimate crisp recipe. To me, this crisp tastes like something you’d pay $8 for in a restaurant. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top and you’ve got the perfect summer dessert.
How do you make fruit crisp?
For this recipe you’ll need 5 cups of your favorite summer fruit. I recommend a mixture of fruit – I used peaches, nectarines, apricots and cherries.
The fruit gets tossed in a little sugar and flour and then goes into the baking pan. The crisp topping takes just minutes to put together – the dry ingredients go into a bowl, melted butter is mixed in and then you’re done!
I used walnuts in my crisp topping, but you could substitute in pecans or almonds if you prefer. Or if you’re not a nut lover, leave them out entirely.
In my opinion, a crisp isn’t a complete dessert until you’ve added a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top – wouldn’t you agree?
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