Berries and a sweet, crunchy oatmeal topping are just meant to go together. Serve this blackberry crisp with some vanilla ice cream or freshly whipped cream for a summertime dessert win!
Sweet and tart blackberry filling topped with copious amounts of oatmeal topping makes for a delicious crisp. Take fresh or frozen blackberries and turn them into this fabulous dessert.
It is great on its own but even better with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! This is a perfect summertime dessert!
Our blackberry bushes are in full production right now! We were lucky enough to have a patch of thornless vines going already at this house when we moved in, and this year is looking to provide a bumper crop.
The only problem is it feels like it has been raining non-stop for months. The lack of sunshine has lead to berries that are a little more tart than normal.
Little Dude loves picking the berries. He likes to point out the ones that aren’t ready and collect the dark berries. He doesn’t mind that they are tart.
The neighbor boy doesn’t either. I’ll eat a few while picking, but not as many as normal. It’s ok, I love baking with them anyway and I knew they would be perfect with a little added sugar! 😉
I normally rinse the extra berries and freeze them for baking later. Each year though, there is a day when I can’t help myself and the berries need to be baked now!
I usually use that opportunity to bake a pie. I love a blackberry pie filled with enough lemon juice and rind that you can really taste the lemon as well.
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There is just something about berries and lemon together that gets me every time. I thought about doing that, but settled on a crisp.
Making this topping is so much quicker than a crust and I knew this would be perfect with some homemade ice cream or a dollop of maple whipped cream.
What is the difference between a crumble and a crisp?
A crisp has a topping made of butter, sugar, flour and oats. Sometimes it includes nuts too. A crumble has a streusel like topping that doesn’t include oats or nuts.
More great blackberry recipes:
Blackberry ice cream is one of our favorite summer treats of all time. It is smooth, creamy and delicious!
For a cute little portable dessert, try baking blackberry cobblers in jars. They are perfect for parties or a picnic.
Blackberry clafoutis is almost like a cross between a dutch baby pancake and custard. It is lightly sweet and super tasty!
Or for a showstopper, try a blackberry shortcake cake. It’s two layers of biscuit-like cake wrapped in a whipped cream inspired ermine frosting with blackberry sauce all over it!
Blackberry Crisp
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Ingredients
Fruit Filling
- 6 cups blackberries
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1½ Tablespoons cornstarch
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Oatmeal Crunch Topping
- ½ cup flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar
- ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 5 Tablespoons cold butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a greased 8 in square pan, 8 inch oven-safe skillet or 2.5 quart baking dish, mix together blackberries, sugar, and corn starch and let sit for as you gather everything else up.6 cups blackberries, 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar, 1½ Tablespoons cornstarch
- Stir in the maple syrup, lemon juice and salt.⅓ cup maple syrup, 1 Tablespoon lemon juice, ¼ teaspoon salt
- In a small bowl, mix together the flour, oats, baking powder, salt, brown sugar and cinnamon.½ cup flour, 1 cup rolled oats, ½ teaspoon salt, ⅓ cup light brown sugar, ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- Place the butter in the bowl with the dry ingredients and using a couple of knives (or your fingers) work the mixture until it is crumbly and well mixed.5 Tablespoons cold butter
- Spread topping over berries and bake for 35-40 minutes.
- I like it best served warm with MiMi's homemade vanilla ice cream!
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Isn’t it so good?
I’m so confused. No. 5 says to place the coconut in the bowl. What am I missing?
I am so sorry, I used to make the recipe with coconut oil instead of butter and that must be a remnant from then.
Hi Carlee, this recipe reminds me of the blackberry crumble we used to have as a pudding when I was growing up. Part of the fun was going out blackberrying in nearby fields. Unfortunately the blackberries that grow here are sad in comparison and I've never seen enough for a pudding, but the birds do enjoy them.
xx
You are so lucky to have a blackberry bush that produces such beautiful berries right in your backyard. We’re lucky you share such beautiful ways to use them!!
We are pretty lucky!
Your blackberry crisp jumped off the page when I saw it. It looks so good. I found it on Think Tank Thursdays link party. I have already scheduled it to be shared, but when I saw it again I couldn't resist coming to look at it!
Thank you so much!
How delicious!
Thank you! We loved it. Luckily we had some homemade ice cream to go with it. It's hard to get better than that!
I'm so jealous- all we can grow here are weeds and cactus! This pie looks amazing Carlee – thank you for sharing with us at Talented Tuesdays!
We have really enjoyed our berry patches. Unfortunately most of the rest of the garden was blown over in a storm a week or two ago. At least we still have all the jalapenos we could want and the berries were plentiful! (we have plenty of weeds too, just no cactus!)
So jealous about your blackberry bush, I killed mine.
Luckily the bushes have been really thriving. A good pruning each year and they just keep going. Fingers crossed it stays that way!
I remember picking blackberries as a child – such lovely memories you have brought back to me.
We just have a little patch, but we get a LOT of berries. It is fun to see how stained LD is by the time we are done picking. He usually has purple all over his face, hands and shirt!
Yum, I love blackberry desserts, this sounds so good! I hope some of our blackberries will be ready soon. Thanks for sharing at What'd You Do This Weekend?!
Me too! I always love when ours start ripening!
Mmm…this looks so tasty! I love blackberries. This sounds so encouraging!
~Lorelai
Life With Lorelai
Thank you! We really enjoyed it. I am tempted to make it again already!
We have wild blackberries in our yard–this looks like a great idea!
It is really delicious and easy! We were lucky enough to have a patch of thornless blackberries when we bought this house!
When I was young we lived near blackberry bushes and we loved them and made them into all sorts of wonderful dishes. Your recipe looks so good I wish I had some blackberries, they go so well with whipped cream too. Thanks for bringing this recipe to Fridays Blog Booster Party #15 I hope you bring us some more joy next week.
Kathleen
Mmm. Berries and whipped cream sounds wonderful right now!
I don't have blackberries over here, but I guess this could be done with raspberries, too?
Definitely! That would be delicious too!