![]() The berries mean that you’re getting all of the wonderful fresh nutrients in there too, which is a win. Ghee or Coconut Oil: I swapped the butter in a traditional crisp for a non-dairy version to help anyone with dairy allergies! Feel free to use regular butter if it doesn’t bother you.It’s unrefined and is believed to cause less of a blood glucose spike. Coconut Sugar: I decided to use coconut sugar here as a natural alternative to white sugar.This keeps the flour gluten-free, while also upping the fiber content + keeping it low cost! Gluten-Free Oats: We use the oats to make homemade oat flour, but also whole oats for texture. ![]() The finished dessert is honestly still so delicious that no one will ever know it’s healthy enough to eat for breakfast! I know there are some disappointing healthy desserts out there, but this isn’t one of them! The easy switches in this recipe won’t be noticeable in the final taste, but they will up the nutrient levels of this healthy berry crisp. I’m not sure if it’s my own tummy issues (I’m looking at you, endometriosis) that cause me to be extra sensitive to dietary concerns, but I am! So, I wanted to make a recipe that uses a few easy swaps for the traditional flour, butter, sugar formula for a crisp to make it more readily accessible to all diets. While I hate to label foods as healthy or unhealthy, there are certain ingredients which tend to cause issues for people – things like gluten, dairy + sugar. ![]() In my opinion, they’re all delicious – no matter which version you choose! Why is this a HEALTHY berry crisp? The name “cobbler” comes from the appearance of the dessert, sort of like cobble stone streets! Cool, right?!Ī crisp, however, is made up of a flour, usually oats, a fat + sweetner, which is what gives it the crispy topping. It’s spooned over the fruit instead of sprinkled + it spreads out to cover the top of the cobbler as it bakes. So, imagine biscuit dough or cake batter poured over the top. I feel like lots of people use them interchangabley, but they really are different!Įven though they both some sort of baked berries (or apples) with a crunchy/cumbly topping, the TOPPING is what helps us to tell them apart.Ī cobbler is generally made with more of a dough like topping. Honestly, if you had asked me before I wrote this what the difference between a crisp + a cobbler was, I’m not sure I could have told you. What’s the difference between a berry crisp and berry cobbler? It will honestly remind you of a fresh berry pie…just with a lot less work.ĭare I say it – this may be my fave summertime treat!? It is a MUST for family dinner’s outside. It’s packed with juicy, fresh berries and topped with a crispy, lightly sweet, golden crumble topping. This Healthy Berry Crisp is full of all of the nostalgia of childhood summetime. They honestly bring back all of the sweet memories of being a little kid with juice running down your elbows from picking + eating from my parents or grandparent’s gardens. I love the tang + the natural sweetness of fresh berries. (To be honest, I’d eat baked oatmeal for dessert and healthy berry crisp for breakfast too, so I don’t descriminate, ha!) They really are just the best! If you’re a mixed berry lover, you may have tried my Mixed Berry Baked Oatmeal, which is sort of a breakfast version of this dessert. When the warmer weather rolls around, I really have to control myself or I’d power through $20 worth of fresh berries in one sitting. Honestly, if this healthy berry crisp had a speech bubble, it would be yelling, “I TASTE LIKE SWEET SUMMER”. ![]() Nothing in the world screams summer quite like fresh berries. It’s refined sugar-free, dairy-free + is bursting with sweet freshness! Ready in under an hour, this crisp is an easy alternative to a traditional fruit pie. Made with rolled oats + oat flour, this healthy berry crisp is the perfect summertime dessert. ![]()
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