My favorite desserts are made from fruit, and my go-to fruit dessert is a crisp. You can make crisps using apples, peaches, pears, mangoes, berries and even rhubarb! This recipe makes enough topping for an 8 x 8 baking dish full of fruit, however, I usually double the recipe and freeze what I don't use. Then if I need a last minute dessert I can prep the fruit, pull out the bag of streusel, measure out as much topping as I need, add a complmentary spice or two to the streusel and in 15 minutes I've got dessert in the oven. (Larger image.)
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed firm
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 4 Tbsp. butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
- 2 Tbsp. shortening, chilled, cut into small pieces
Preparation:
1. Mix together dry topping ingredients in the workbowl of a food processor by pulsing several times.
2. Add butter and shortening and pulse about 10 times, then process 5 to 10 seconds until there are no visible lumps of fat.
Note: This recipe doesn't include any spices because I add them when I use the topping based on what fruit I'm using. For instance, cinnamon and nutmeg for apple crisp, cardamom for peach crisp, and coriander for blueberries.
