This easy and delicious mixed berry crisp is a great recipe to have on hand if you want to make a quick dessert. Because it uses frozen berries and pantry staples, you will probably have most ingredients available and be able to whip up this dessert when the craving strikes.
If I told you you can have an amazing and quick dessert thrown together with things that you already have on hand would you believe me? I am here to tell you that you can!
This mixed berry crisp is made with frozen mixed berries, pantry items that I always have on hand (oats, flour and brown sugar) and butter. It is fool proof and so delicious!
I am a big fan of easy desserts that you can throw together with things you already have in your kitchen. I like my making homemade preserves from frozen berries or my triple berry shortbread tart made with preserves and this crisp made with frozen berries!
This mixed berry crisp recipe is a triple berry crisp recipe because I like an assortment of berries and flavors and textures in my crisps. You can make it with any fruit you like or have on hand whether it is is blackberries, blueberries or strawberries.
Making this berry crisp for a crowd:
This recipe has been a lifesaver for me because it is the best dessert to make for a crowd since you can make large pans of this stuff. This recipe will make enough to fill one 9x11 pan or four very large ramekins.
If you need to make this for even more people, you can just double or triple the recipe. I know from experience on this one as I use this for large events all the time! I have made multiple pans of this recipe and it is always eaten up.
For special occasions like the holidays, you can assemble all of the ingredients ahead of time. When ready, just bake it right before you are ready to eat it (see notes in the recipe below) .
Why I love this Easy Mixed Berry Crisp Recipe:
- This recipe uses items you most likely have on hand already in the freezer, refrigerator and pantry. No fresh fruit needed here since this berry crisp is made with frozen berries.
- It can be made for large groups of people with minimal effort.
- The most important reason, because it tastes amazing and everyone loves it (it's a classic!)
- You can be adapted to fruits from any season.
- All of the recipe can be made ahead of time and just assemble right before you are ready to bake it
Ideas of toppings to add to your mixed berry crisp before serving:
This berry crisp is totally fine all on its own right out of the oven but it never hurts to add a topping.
My favorite toppings are:
- Vanilla Ice cream (especially when the crisps are still hot)
- Whipped cream. For this one I give the crisps a few minutes to cool down then add it.
- Powdered sugar. Because everything is prettier and tastier with powdered sugar.
Easy and Delicious Mixed Berry Crisp
Ingredients
- 1 stick of butter cubed and chilled ½ cup
- 24 ounce frozen mixed berries
- 1 cup flour
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup oats
- ¼ cup regular sugar
- 1 lemon juiced
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees
- Grease a 9x11 baking dish (or 4 large ramekins, or 8 regular sized ramekins)
- evenly distribute your berries to your baking dish
- add lemon juice and regular sugar over top of your berries and mix well with a spoon then set aside
- Crumble topping:
- Add all other ingredients (flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and oats) to a large bowl
- Now add your chilled diced butter to the bowl and cut in the butter with a pastry cutter, a fork and knife or by rubbing the flour mixture and butter in your hands until it is the size of peas.
- Now evenly spread this mixture over top of your berries
- Bake for about 1 hour or until it is nice and bubbly and the top turns a light golden brown
- Let rest for 10 minutes
- serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream
Notes
To make individual crisps ahead of time:
Just assemble the crisp ingredients in a large bowl and keep in the refrigerator until you are ready to assemble. When you are ready to bake it, just evenly distribute your frozen berries into containers and then evenly distribute crumble topping over top. Bake as instructed and enjoy.Nutrition
Nutrition Values are estimates only.
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Denise says
We doubled the recipe to make for a larger group and everyone loved it.