What's the difference between a crisp and a crumble? A crumble topping includes oats; a crisp doesn't have oats. That's it.
So it's easy to make a crumble a crisp and vice versa. It all comes down to the oats.
Oats pair well with the fruit of autumn. Don't hesitate to make your pears, plums, apples and figs less healthy but more delicious with this is easy crisp topping.
Apple Crisps
Text and Photo by Jac Kyles Baker
Makes 4 crisps
Ingredients
Aple filling:
1 cup fresh blueberries
2 TB sugar
2 tsp flour
2 tsp unsalted butter
For the crumb topping:
4 TB unsalted butter, softened
2 TB packed brown sugar
2 TB packed dark brown sugar
3 TB granulated sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup oats
Preparation
Make crumb topping:
Combine flour, oats and cinnamon in a bowl.
Whisk together butter, coconut oil, sugars and salt until smooth. Add to mixture to flour bowl. Make sure all the flour is coated. Press dough into small clumps with fingers.
Place crumb topping in refrigerator or freezer to set (minimum 15 minutes). The butter in a freshly made crisp topping will melt and from a crust instead of a crisp.
Make apple filling:
Place sliced apples in a medium microwave safe bowl.* Microwave on HIGH for 1 minute.
Assemble apple crisps:
Cook's Notes