Fresh Berry Crisp is a beautiful and easy-to-make dessert bursting with fresh raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and sweet oat topping!
When berry season is calling your name, whip up a simple but gorgeous dessert of Fresh Berry Crisp, filled with deliciously sweet berries! Toss together blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries and cover them with a wonderful buttery, sugar, and cinnamon oat topping for a dessert that is utterly scrumptious!
Berry Delicious
Fresh Berry Crips is a showstopping, rustic desert that makes everyone’s eyes light up! With its beautiful and luscious mixed berries and sweet oat topping, this crisp is quick to create and perfect to serve with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side. Load up on those fresh berries when you find them because everyone will repeatedly request this amazing dessert!
Crisps are wonderful ways to celebrate seasonal favorites, so be sure to enjoy warm Classic Apple Crisp and delightful Pumpkin Crisp!
Other Recipes to Serve with Fresh Berry Crisp
- Start the day with a great blend of sweet healthy berries when you make a Summer Berry Smoothie!
- Did someone say summer berry? Stir up a large pitcher of refreshing Summer Berry Sangria to enjoy with friends!
Ingredients
Berries: Pick up a large assortment of blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries.
Pantry Items: To make the topping, you need rolled oats, brown sugar, and all-purpose flour. You will also need a little granulated sugar to add to the berries.
Butter: You will need butter to make the topping, so use what you have.
Spices: Set out the cinnamon and nutmeg to make the topping more flavorful.
How to Make Fresh Berry Crisp
STEP ONE: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, stir the berries and the granulated sugar and set aside.
STEP TWO: In a separate bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cut the butter in using a fork or a pastry cutter.
STEP THREE: Spread half of the topping over the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish, then top with the berries. Spread the remaining topping evenly over the berries.
STEP FOUR: Bake the crisp for 30-40 minutes. Once out of the oven, allow it to cool for about 10 minutes before enjoying it!
Tips for Success
- Frozen berries can be used in place of fresh berries. Allow the frozen berries to thaw before macerating them, or mix them with a little sugar and increase the baking time by a few minutes to ensure everything is well cooked.
- Berry crisp straight from the oven is lava hot, so give it a little time to cool and set!
- Store leftover crisp covered in the fridge for up to three days and reheat in the microwave for about 30 seconds to warm it again.
Can I make this crisp gluten-free?
Simple and easy to make, Fresh Berry Crisp is a cinch for gluten-free food. Since no rising needs to happen, you can use whatever your go-to gluten-free flour is. A 1:1 gluten-free baking flour or all-purpose gluten-free flour are good choices and easy to use. If you’re making this crisp for others who are gluten-free, remember to check that the oats you use are also gluten-free.
Which oats are better to use, Old Fashioned or Quick Oats?
A key difference between Old-Fashioned Oats and Quick Oats is texture. Quick Oats, instant, or One-Minute Oats are more processed and made to be thinner to cook more quickly. When used in a crisp topping, the taste and texture will be much lighter than if old-fashioned oats were used. Old-fashioned oats are thicker and have a chewier bite, which makes a crisp topping much more hearty. However, Both oats can be used, so choose the oats based on the texture you like.
More Berry Sweet Dishes to Love!
- No-Bake Berry Icebox Cake
- Angel Food Cake Berry Trifle
- Classic Blackberry Crumble
- Berry Cheesecake Fruit Salad
- Berry Pie
*This post was originally posted on 06/08/2013.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups blackberries
- 1 ½ cups raspberries
- 1 ½ cups blueberries
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 ½ cups butter cold, cut into small pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the berries and granulated sugar until evenly coated. Set aside to macerate.
- In another large mixing bowl, combine the flour, rolled oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Then cut in the butter with a fork or a pastry cutter.
- Spread half of the oat mixture evenly over the bottom of a 9-inch x 13-inch baking dish. Spread all of the berries over top. Cover the berries evenly with the remaining oat mixture.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until the oats are golden and the berry filling is bubbling.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving. We like some vanilla ice cream or whipped cream with this berry crisp.
Pam says
I’m curious as to what the announcement is?
Carol Akins says
Stay out of SE and NE Portland for schools any of the edge towns are good…and watch out for GRIMM as it shots it show here in Portland.
Amy Quimby says
After living in PHX for 6 years, I was so happy to return home to the Northwest! You will love it here. A fun family thing to do is going out to Hood River, & driving the ‘Fruit Loop’. Beautiful farms (many are u-pick berries, peaches, etc.) Amazing views of Mt. Hood, & great restaurants to boot (not to mention great Wineries and Breweries). The Gorge is FULL of great hikes and vistas! Enjoy & welcome!
Deborah Cooper says
You will love Portland! We have lots of wild black berries here! Portland is surrounded by wonderful farms orchards and nurseries!
Erin says
You will love Oregon. I have a few transplant friends from Arizona and they all love it here. Portland has the most amazing food, be it a food cart, restaurant or farmers market. And being in Portland you are less than 1.5 from mountain skiing, lake, camping, wine country and the beach. Make sure you visit Cannon Beach. I have been to so many beaches around the world and Cannon Beach is still my favorite. Plus it’s where they filmed Goonies and you can head up North to Astoria and see the Goonies house, jail and the Fratellis jeep! Beat that any other town! 😉
mary Parker says
Is it ok to use frozen berries and if yes do I thaw them first?
Aubrey says
Feel free to use frozen berries in the off season and yes, I would thaw them first so that your cooking time isn’t too far off. 🙂
Jessica says
Welcome to the neighborhood! I look forward to trying the recipe for today’s barbeque with all of the berries I’ve been picking this year at the local farms. Another fun tid bit around here, each of the areas have their own farmers markets. Hillsboro has a Tuesday market, Tualatin on Fridays, Beaverton Saturday, of course there is the huge Portland Saturday market that runs through the weekend. Both Beaverton and Hillsboro run free concerts in the park and Beaverton does one outdoor movie nights. All fun all free entertainment family fun you could find a farmer’s market and/or concert just about every day of the week. There are great public and private schools my on went private through 8th grade and just graduated from Century. It really is great around here, personallyI prefer living on the edge of the urban groath boundary, you get the neighborhood and the countryside. I live in a nice neighborhood but drive country roads to and from work, and it’s beautiful 🙂
Aubrey says
Thanks Jessica!!! That sounds amazing and we’re sooooo excited to get up there and explore. 🙂
Christina says
Just came across this recipe and read that you are moving. We lived in NE Portland for several years and LOVED it! There are so many unique restaurants and beautiful city parks. The closer in you are (smaller numbered streets) the better the neighborhood…usually. We recently moved to the suburbs, for a bigger house that is way cheaper (Portland can get expensive!). Good luck!
I will tell you that the Portland Public Schools are really hit and miss, some are great and a lot of them aren’t schools that I would send my kids to. Be careful about that when you make your decision if you actually move into Portland Proper, the suburbs are totally different. Most people I know that live in Portland send their kids to private school if they are in a neighborhood that doesn’t have a good school or they move to a neighborhood with a good one.
Good Luck! You will love it here!
Aubrey says
Thanks Christina! We will be looking next month and I believe we will be looking around the Hillsboro area where my husband will be working. We are looking forward to being able to get outside and all the green! 🙂
Wanda says
You will love it! Portland is awesome. My son lives in SE Portland (Happy Valley) very nice!
Aubrey says
Thanks Wanda! I’m really looking forward to it. 🙂
Sherri says
I will be making this crisp tomorrow for Father’s day!! We live here in the beautiful city of Portland, OR. Portland public schools are having a hard time right now..I would recomend an outside school district or private school. I am guessing you will live in or around Hillsboro. My neice attends in the Hillsboro school district and my brother and sister in law are very happy. Once you get throught the heat of the move I think you will love it here! We are just 1 1/2 hour from either the beach or the mountians! We also have the beautiful Colubmia gorge with all its waterfalls!! Have asafe trip and welcom to Oregon!!
Aubrey says
Thank you so much Sherri! You’re right, we’re going to be looking in and around Hillsboro to be close to my husband’s job. Thanks for all the great info and I hope you liked the crisp! 🙂
Wendy says
Congratulations and good luck on your move! Our country is so amazingly huge and diverse. Moving is a LOT of work, especially with kids, but what a wonderful opportunity to sample the variety of environments and life styles that exist in the US. I have never lived in the Pacific NW but our friends who have moved their never looked back. 🙂 This crisp was the perfect choice to prep your skills for an abundance of berries!
Aubrey says
Thanks Wendy! We’re looking forward to it but dreading the packing in 100+ temps. 🙂
Gloria @ Simply Gloria says
Yay! How exciting! I’ve been there a few times in passing and my teen is up there hanging out as I type this. (He’s a BMXer and loves the skate parks up there.) My inlaws brings me fresh blueberries from up there every year…so you are going to be very lucky with all the berries!
Can’t wait to try this recipe! (=
Aubrey says
Thanks Gloria!! I’ve never been and my husband has only been for a day to interview but we love adventure and I think we’re going to love it. 🙂