Easy Oatmeal Crumble Topping Recipe For A Blackberry Dessert
This delicious and easy oatmeal crumble topping recipe for a blackberry dessert is probably my favorite fruit dessert that exists. The topping is a mixture of flour, rolled oats, brown sugar, cardamom, cinnamon, and salt with cold butter cut in. It is the perfect combination of crunchy and sweet that tastes so good in a variety of ways. It's the best and easiest fruit crumble/crisp recipe you'll ever need and one of my favorite desserts.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup of all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
- 12 ounces blackberries
Instructions
- Here are the easy step-by-step ingredients for this easy recipe for the best dessert crumble topping:
- Mix the flour, oats, sugar, cinnamon, cardamom, and salt in a medium bowl.
- Dice the butter into small pieces and add it to the dry ingredients. Cut it in with a pastry cutter or two forks until it is lumpy but incorporated.
- Spread out the washed blackberries in the bottom of an 8x8 ceramic or glass pan.
- Sprinkle half of the topping over the berries and bake in a 400-degree oven for 30 minutes until the fruit is bubbly and the topping is golden brown.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or pour over a dash of heavy cream. Enjoy!
- Other baking information:
- To eat the oatmeal crumble topping plain bake it as follows:
- Spread the topping on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
- Bake at 350 degrees 10 minutes until the topping is golden brown.
- Set the baking tray on a wire rack to cool to room temperature.
- Store in the refrigerator or freezer.
Notes
-Freeze the other half of the topping for other desserts, crisps, and pies.
-Old-fashioned rolled oats hold their texture better than quick oats for an oatmeal topping.
- If using salted butter, omit or lower the salt amount.
-Coconut oil or vegan butter can be substituted, but you might get different results.
-Dark brown sugar is great too!
-You can use a food processor instead of a pastry blender to cut in the butter but do not overmix.