Ridiculously Straightforward Blueberry Crumble

This straightforward blueberry crumble with completely cooked blueberries topped with a buttery oat crumble is excessive on our listing of favorites. There’s no fancy gear wanted and also you solely want about 10 minutes of prep time! Jump to the Blueberry Crumble Recipe

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Our Secret for the Finest Blueberry Crumble

The true secret to our blueberry crumble is within the topping. We use melted butter (or melted coconut oil for a vegan crumble). Most frequently when trying on the methodology for making blueberry crumble, you’re requested to course of or smoosh chilly butter into the opposite crumble components.

In our recipe, we quicken the method and easily stirring in melted butter. Not solely is that this faster and fewer messy, it makes for a a lot better crumble topping.

Through the use of melted butter, the entire flour and oats are coated in buttery goodness, which helps them keep placed on prime of the blueberries. After baking, the topping is made up of golden brown crumbles with simply sufficient crunch to face as much as the dreamy blueberry filling under.

We use this similar methodology when making these straightforward baked apples and our favourite apple crisp recipe.

Word: Selecting whether or not to name this a blueberry crumble or blueberry crisp was difficult. Each desserts are related and from what I discovered on-line, crumbles may not all the time embrace oats (though my Mother all the time referred to as this kind of dessert a crumble). This topping seems to be like crumbles on prime of the berries and crumbles once you dig in after it has been baked, which is why we went with crumble ?

Preserve the filling easy

We hold the filling easy and solely add a contact of flour to assist thicken the blueberry juices, a bit sugar, a pinch of salt, and when now we have it readily available, a squeeze of recent lemon juice.

After I don’t have lemon within the kitchen, I merely add a tablespoon of water, which helps moisten the flour earlier than baking within the oven.

Variations

As I discussed above, I sometimes hold this dessert easy, however there are some actually scrumptious variations you can also make.

Add quite a lot of berries to make a berry crumble.

Substitute blueberries for different berry varieties. Since they might have a unique sugar content material, it’s a good suggestion to style the berries you intend to make use of earlier than including sugar to the filling. Gooseberries, for instance, are far more tart and may want a bit extra sugar to stability issues out.

Add different fruits like sliced peaches, apples or pears.

Make a spiced crumble topping with 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon and a pinch of nutmeg.

Add nuts to the crumble topping. I particularly love almonds and blueberries collectively.

Make forward ideas

Blueberry crumble will final within the fridge 3 to 4 days and may be frozen as much as a month. I desire to freeze the crumble earlier than baking after which cowl very effectively so it’s hermetic.

After I’m able to bake, I easy bake from frozen till the filling is effervescent and the topping is golden brown (40 to 60 minutes). You may also freeze the crumble in small freezer/oven-safe ramekins after which bake these (these will take barely much less time to bake).

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Ridiculously Straightforward Blueberry Crumble

Makes 8 servings

Diet Per Serving: Serving Dimension 1/8 of the dish / Energy 289 / Whole Fats 11.9g / Saturated Fats 7.3g / Ldl cholesterol 30.4mg / Sodium 75.5g / Carbohydrate 43.6g / Dietary Fiber 3.2g / Whole Sugars 24.2g / Protein 3.1g

Adam and Joanne Gallagher