The Best-EVER Blueberry Crisp Recipe (Thanks, Mom)

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Shana
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My mom makes a pretty insane blueberry crisp. Not only is it filled with wild blueberries (one of the biggest perks of growing up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula), but it has a crunchy, crispy topping that makes me weep actual tears of joy. There’s a hint of caramel, plenty of crunch and just — surprise! — salt to make this topping insanely addicting. It’s SO good that it’ll even spruce up those farmed blueberries the rest of the country is stuck with.

Or any other fruit, actually. It’s my go-to crisp recipe for everything.

With a few tweaks, you can make this one vegan and/or gluten-free. The crunch relies most heavily on oats and almonds…and it’s worth sourcing the raw sugar and coarse-cut salt. Promise.

Mom makes a pretty insane blueberry crisp. A crispy topping that makes me weep tears of joy. A hint of caramel, plenty of crunch & — surprise! — salt!

My Mom's Best-Ever Blueberry Crisp Recipe

My Mom's Best-Ever Blueberry Crisp Recipe
4.4 Stars (77 Reviews)
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • Filling:
  • 5 cups blueberries
  • 3 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp flour (increase to 3tbsp if frozen berries are used)
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • Topping:
  • 1 1/4 cup old-fashioned oats
  • 1/4 cup flour (gluten free or regular)
  • 1/4 cup raw sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 5 tbsp butter: cut into small pieces
  • coarse salt for sprinkling on top

Instructions

Make the filling:

1. Mix together the sugar, flour, cinnamon.

2. Mix with freshly washed blueberries so mixture clings to berries.

3. Transfer to 10" pie pan

Make the topping:

1. Stir together oats, flour, sugar, and salt.

2. Add butter to mixture and use hands to mix butter into dry ingredients, squeezing the mixture into clumps. (I sometimes refrigerate the mixture at this point if I am not ready to bake it.)

3. Sprinkle topping evenly over filling.

4. Sprinkle coarse salt over the topping.

5. Bake about 35 minutes at 350 degrees- you should see the blueberries bubbling in the center and the top will be browned.

6. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool somewhat before serving

Notes

Goes great with ice cream!

© Shana
Category: Recipes
While this crisp IS delicious after dinner with ice cream (and a glass of something bubbly)….I like mine best in the morning, with coffee. Fruit = breakfast. Always.

xo, 
S

This one’s for the pinners!:

Mom makes a pretty insane blueberry crisp. A crispy topping that makes me weep tears of joy. A hint of caramel, plenty of crunch & — surprise! — salt!

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6 COMMENTS

  3. I’m so dumb. Cooking in my usual fog of Throw This Together to Look Like a Good Mom and HURRYHURRYHURRY. It’s says if FROZEN berries are used.

  4. I agree – this is soooo good and yet easy Shana! Your mom just knows how to tweak a recipe! This has become a favourite with the grandchildren too- 5 stars for sure!!!!

  5. Wow, this really was the best. I will never make a crisp without raw sugar again! And the proportions of oats, sugar, flour and butter were perfect.

  6. I always make a crisp with raw sugar. Yummmm .. I added lemon zest, cardamom, vanilla and some lemon juice to the berries. The topping got a little cinnamon and cardamom. Used Kerry gold butter … unsalted. Was good!!

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