Thursday, May 19, 2016

Peach, Plum, and Berry Crisp - Healthy Dessert Treat!

Delicious Healthy Fruit Crisp- Yum!!!

Ingredients:

For the Fruit:
-4 peaches and 3 plums - peeled, cored, and cut into bite sized pieces
-the fresh juice squeezed from one orange
-1/4 cup blueberries
-1/8 cup raspberries
-1/8 cup sliced strawberries
-1 tablespoon sugar
-1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (I use organic)
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract (I use a heaping 1 teaspoon)
-4 teaspoons white whole wheat flour

For the Crumble:
-1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
-2 cups oats
-1 cup finely chopped almonds
-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (heaping if you like cinnamon)
-1/4 teaspoon salt
-6 tablespoon brown sugar
-8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter at room temperature cut into small cubes

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

For the Fruit: In a medium to large bowl, toss together the fruit, orange juice, cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of sugar, vanilla, and 4 teaspoons of the flour. Pour the mixture into a round glass pie dish. 

For the Crumble Topping: In a medium bowl, stir together 1/2 cup of the white whole wheat flour, the oats, almonds, cinnamon, salt, and brown sugar. Add the butter, and incorporate into the dry ingredients using your fingers (clean hands!). Squeeze the mixture into clumps. When all of the butter is incorporated into the mixture, spread it evenly over the pears to cover them all. 

Place the pie dish in the oven and bake for 25 minutes at 375 degrees F. Check at 25 minutes and depending on how golden brown and crispy you like the top, add anywhere from 3 - 8 more minutes. The crumble should be golden brown and you can check the fruit with a fork. If the fruit feels soft, remove the crisp from the oven. Serve warm and enjoy!

If you are not watching your calorie intake, this will be delicious with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream on top, or even the light vanilla ice cream from Trader Joe's! Enjoy!!!