I can hardly grasp the words to describe the smells wafting through the kitchen while this baked.
Pure buttery, brown sugar, apple and blueberry goodness.
I can remember the kitchen smelling like this when I was a child. It kinda makes all the everyday stresses in life melt away, even for just a moment. My mother would make apple crisps often. We had at least 4 apple trees in our backyard when I was a little girl and as soon as they started falling from the tree we were in business.
A lot of times they had served as a snack for a bug or two so they would have a hole or two. My mom would simply cut out the eaten part and dice them up into a pie or crisp. They were perfect for that.
Nowadays I don’t live close enough to help them use up their bags of apples but I don’t mind forking out a dollar or two for something special.
Especially if that something special is something I know mr will love. Father’s Day is coming up this weekend and I think I’ll make another one of these crisps just for him. And I’ll probably have a bite or two myself.
Ingredients
- 2 cups blueberries, fresh or fozen
- 3 Granny Smith Apples
- 1 tablespoon lime juice or the juice from half a lime
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 cup oats
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Peel and dice the apples into 1/2" cubes. Place them in a medium bowl and toss with lime juice.
- Add the blueberries and fold until combined.
- Pour into a pie dish or 8 X 8 baking dish. Sprinkle with the granulated sugar.
- In a small bowl mix the brown sugar, flour, oats, almonds, cinnamon, and ginger. Pour in the butter and mix with a fork until the mixture resemble crumbles.
- Spread the crumble topping on top of the fruit. If you would like top with a few more almonds.
- Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes or until the top is browned and the filling is bubbly.
- Allow to cool slightly and serve with vanilla ice cream.
Notes
Total time includes cooling time. ©Budget Gourmet Mom
This looks delicious. I think I might make one this weekend too. I didn’t realize they were so straight forward to make. I have been missing out!
So I think these look awesome… Only that I don’t like chomping on blueberries. What do you think about making a blueberry pureé to add in instead?
Good question Jesse. When the crisp gets baked the blueberries do soften and some pop. I think if you used frozen blueberries you wouldn’t have any blueberries to bite into but you may want to gently smash them with a fork before baking. I’m worried a puree might make the crisp a bit runny but you could certainly give it a try. Either way I think you’ll love the combination of both fruits. My favorite part is the crisp topping anyways.
Thanks for the suggestion. I love blueberry flavor just not the texture I associate with blueberries, ha.
No problem! I’m actually not a big fan of raw blueberries either. Go figure!
Looks delish! I love blueberries and I love fruit crisps, especially with vanilla ice cream on top!
Nothing beats the smell of a crisp baking in the oven. I just want to bottle that smell up in a jar. This looks so good. Love the apple blueberry combo.
Love blueberries! And crisps are some of our favorite desserts here, I need to try this one.
We had planted apple trees in our last year. This would have been the first year we would have gotten apples, and we moved
This crisp sounds wonderful, I wouldn’t have thought to do apple and blueberry together.
This looks so good! I love the apple-blueberry combo and who doesn’t like a spicy crumb topping? Yum!
Oh yeah…I bet that aroma is just intoxicating! A true comfort dish! And to serve it with a side of vanilla ice cream? Pure nirvana!
I can imagine how your kitchen must have smelled–heavenly! Love crisps and you can’t go wrong with a apples and blueberries.
This looks delish!
OMG – there is almost nothing better in the summer than a wonderful fruit crisp. Yours looks DIVINE!!! Have a great weekend!!
One of my favorite desserts is a blueberry crisp – I must try it with apples next! Perfect for summer
fruit crisp is a summer long dessert. works well with most of the fruits and the scoop of vanilla ice-cream on top makes it even better!
Delicious! On a hot summer day, I’d love to have this fruit crisp with vanilla ice cream! Such a luxury! I always love blueberry crisp, but adding apple is a great idea!