Name: Mixed Berry Crumble
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 4 cups mixed berries (can use fresh or frozen); 3/4 cup All-purpose flour; 2/3 cup Unpacked Brown Sugar (can use dark or light brown sugar); 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 6 tablespoon melted butter (I use salted)

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Are you a crumble or crisp person? Do you love this time of year when the dessert is a surprisingly healthy berry crumble after a delicious meal? One of my favorite desserts is a warm ramekin filled with mixed berries and a delicious crumble topping of a little brown sugar, cinnamon, and something a bit crunchy. This recipe can be made in individual servings or a bigger family-style serving piece.

Crumbles and crisps are terms that are used interchangeably. A crumble involves a mixture of flour and butter rubbed to the texture of breadcrumbs and cooked as a topping for fruit. A crisp is sometimes defined as a dessert of fruit baked with a crunchy topping of brown sugar, butter, and flour. My recipe involves some flour, butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. An easy way to make this into a red, white, and blue dessert involves pairing vanilla ice cream with blueberries and raspberries in this delicious treat! It’s perfect for Memorial Day, the 4th of July, or Labor Day.

Here are eight red ramekins filled with a yummy and healthy berry crumble which is a perfect red, white, and blue dessert if paired with vanilla ice cream. — Here is a photo of the finished, yummiest, and healthiest berry crumble. Sometimes, I make it in white ramekins; at other times, I make it in red ones, as above.

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Ingredients for the Healthy Berry Crumble:

1 cup fresh strawberries, quartered
2 cups fresh blueberries
2 cups fresh raspberries
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
6 Tbsp regular butter, melted
2/3 cup unpacked light brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

I am showing you a bag of frozen berries because, although I have made this delicious dessert with fresh berries for years, I have recently substituted these frozen berries, unthawed, and they were terrific. The oven thawed and cooked the berries perfectly, so you decide whether to use fresh or frozen berries. I used frozen berries to make the dessert early on the event day. I hadn’t gone to the store yet, so I decided to try it. Win, either way!

Here is a photo of mixed frozen berries for an option when making this healthy berry crumble as opposed to fresh berries.

A bag of frozen mixed berries from Costco works well for this healthy berry crumble recipe.

Step 1 for the Healthy Berry Crumble:

–Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

–Put the berries together in a bowl. (Use blueberries to make a healthy blueberry crumble instead of a mixed berry crumble.)

–Put the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.

Here is a bowl of brown sugar and cinnamon.

–Put the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.

–Put the flour in a bowl. Mix the flour, brown sugar, and one teaspoon of cinnamon.

Step 2 for the Healthy Berry Crumble

In another medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, and cinnamon. Remove three tablespoons of the flour mixture and gently toss it with the berries. Place the berries in an 8-inch square pan or in 8 ramekins.

Here is a bowl of berries with Three tablespoons of the flour, sugar, and cinnamon added to it.

-Add 3 Tablespoons of the flour mixture to the berries.

Step 3 for the Healthy Berry Crumble:

To make the topping, add the melted butter to the remaining flour mixture; combine well. Crumble little bits of this topping all over the top of the berries. Bake until berries start to bubble, about 35-40 minutes. Cut into eight pieces. *Sometimes, as in these photos, I make this dessert in 8 little ramekins. I bake them until they bubble, about 20-30 minutes if they started at room temperature. Also, be careful as they’ll be hot, so place the ramekins on a dessert plate and serve them to your guests with a scoop of softened vanilla ice cream. It’s a real crowd-pleaser. (This recipe is adapted from Weight Watchers.)

Here is a photo of the melted butter in a measuring cup.

For the topping, combine the melted butter and the remaining flour mixture in a medium bowl (see the next photo).

Here is a photo of the butter being combined with the flour mixture to make the topping.

Combine the melted butter and the remaining flour mixture for the topping in a medium bowl.

Here is a photo of the combined topping mixture.

Now, crumble small chunks of this topping all over the berries.

Here are the floured berries awaiting the topping mixture.

This is the healthy berry crumble before going into the oven.

Some white ramekins are in their sheet pan before they go in the oven.

Some red ramekins are filled with berries and topped with the crumble topping before they go into the oven.

Here’s the finished dessert: warm mixed berry crumble in a ramekin topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!

Mixed Berry Crumble

Easy, delicious, and healthy recipe for the berry lovers. Serve with vanilla ice cream right after you take the crumble out of the oven!

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients

4 cups mixed berries can use fresh or frozen
3/4 cup All-purpose flour
2/3 cup Unpacked Brown Sugar can use dark or light brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
6 tablespoon melted butter I use salted

Equipment

8 ramekins OR an 8 x 8 inch square pan

Method

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Place berries in a medium bowl. In another medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
Remove 3 tablespoons of the flour mixture and gently toss it with the berries
Place berries in pan or ramekins.
Make the topping by adding the melted butter to the remaining flour mixture. Combine well. Crumble small amounts of this topping all over the top of the berries.
Bake until berries just start to bubble, about 35 minutes for the pan or 20-25 minutes for the ramekins. Remove carefully from the oven.
If using a pan, divide into eight servings. Or, place warm ramekins on a plate. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and serve. Enjoy!

I hope you make this healthy berry crumble sometime soon. It’s so quick and easy to prepare! I have it ready on the counter before dinner with the oven pre-heated. I pop the tray into the oven as we sit down to dinner. Then, after 20-30 minutes (I set my phone timer and put the phone in my pocket), I remove it and let it cool while enjoying the dinner conversation. Then, once the dinner dishes are cleared, I serve a wonderful treat!

XO,

Dr. Julie

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