Fruit Crisp With Oat Crumble Crust Food

BERRY CRISP WITH OATMEAL COOKIE CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Make the crumble by combining the flour, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Use a pastry cutter to cut in the butter until the mixture forms small crumbs. You may need to use your hands to help it along. Set aside.
• Place strawberries and blueberries in a large bowl. Toss gently with sugar, lemon, and cornstarch Place in the bottom of a 8" square pan.
• Pour the crumble over the top and press down slightly to compact.
• Bake for 30-33 minutes. It's done when the crust is browned and the topping looks crunchy. Serve warm (or room temperature) with whipped or ice cream. Note: if you serve it before it cools and has time to gel, the filling will spill in the pan.

APPLE CRISP WITH OAT TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Toss apples with white sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl to coat; pour into a 9-inch square baking dish.
• Mix brown sugar, oats, flour, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a separate bowl. Use a pastry cutter or 2 forks to mash cold butter into the oats mixture until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs; spread over the apples to the edges of the baking dish. Pat the topping gently until even.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown and sides are bubbling, about 40 minutes.

OATMEAL FRUIT CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Slice apples in large greased large casserole dish. You can leave them unpeeled or peeled as you wish.
• Combine dry ingredients, then cut in margarine until crumbly. Put over fruit and cook for approximately 35 to 45 minutes until fruit is cooked through. Check with a knife - if the fruit is soft and the oatmeal crisp is brown, it is done.
• You can substitue diced rhubarb, pears, berries like saskatoons or blueberries for part or all of the apples. You may want to sprinkle a bit of cornstarch over top before you put the oatmeal over top to thicken the fruit as it cooks. Apples don't need thickening, but berries and pears are juicier.
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

OATMEAL CRUMB TOPPING FOR PIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl combine all the ingredients except the butter.
• Cut butter into mixture with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs.
• Spread crumbs over prepared fruit mixture of your favorite fruit pie.
• Do NOT add top crust.
• Bake as directed in your fruit pie recipe.
• If crumbs become too dark while baking, cover loosely with foil, but remove foil the last few minutes of bakings so the topping will crisp.
• Note: when using this topping there is no need to dot the fruit with butter, if your recipe calls for that.

OATMEAL CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• Melt butter.
• Add brown sugar, flour and oatmeal.
• Mix well and sprinkle over favorite dessert.