Sweet & Savory Friday ~~ Blackberry Crisp

Blackberry Crisp

Ingredients:

• 2 - 1 lb. bags of frozen berries or 6 cups fresh berries                 
• 2 cups brown sugar                                                                        
• 2 cups oatmeal  (not the quick cooking variety)                                                                         
• 2 cups white flour
• 1 tsp. salt, optional
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 sticks butter (1 cup)

Directions:

• Spray a 10 inch pie plate or a 9 x 9 inch square baking pan lightly with cooking spray. 
• Place berries in pan.  
• Mix dry ingredients in a bowl and blend in butter with a fork or pastry blender.
• When mixture is crumbly, spread it thickly over the berries. 
• Bake at 425 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until hot and topping is browned.

Helpful Hints:

Serves 6 and can be easily doubled.  Blackberries may be substituted with a variety of other fruit or berries.  I have an old 10 inch round Corning Ware® oven pan with 2 inch sides that I use to make this recipe and it works very well.  Since I like to make it with a lot of “topping”, I use a pan with “tall enough sideboards”, so to speak, so that when the crumble mixture is initially placed on top and before it sinks down a bit during the cooking process, it does not fall over the sides of the cooking container and onto the counter.

Serve warm with Cool Whip® or ice cream!  Enjoy!  

From the Official Recipe Collection of “Sheila Fabulous”

I would enjoy hearing from you if you try the recipe and like it or if you have a variation of this same basic recipe with some other helpful hints!

Happy Reading & Eating.

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