This recipe was inspired by our trip to the Grass Lawn Park today. I took the kids outside for some much-needed fresh air & exercise. On our way back to the car, we discovered a large patch of blackberry bushes just breaming with juicy ripe berries. Most of the berries went straight into the kids' mouths, but the rest were saved in a plastic sand castle mold we brought along. I also happened to have a box of Ginger Gold apples bought on a trip to Wenatchee to visit grandma Chris & grandpa Gerry this weekend (just Gerritt & I). A dessert combining both apples & blackberries seemed like a perfect end-of-summer recipe.
Ingredients:
3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup rolled oats
2 Tbsp light brown sugar
1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup whole milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg, lightly beaten
Filling:
3 cup gently washed blackberries
3 medium-sized apples with peel on, sliced
2 Tbsp corn starch
1/2 cup light brown sugar (add 3/4 cup if using sour apples)
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2) In a large bowl, combine the filling ingredients - blackberries, apples, corn starch, sugar, lemon juice, & cinnamon. Mix well. Place fruit mixture in a 2-quart casserole.
3) In a medium bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, butter & baking powder. Mix with a fork until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the milk & egg until just moistened.
4) Drop batter on fruit. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes or until the crumble topping is golden brown & the fruit is soft & bubbling beneath.
Serve warm with ice cream on top.
A few photos from our trip to Wenatchee:
At the Smallwood's Harvest Farm near Wenatchee
Gerritt fell in love with Katie (a large cat that lives inside the Smallwood's Harvest Farm store)
Gerritt shopping with his "Boppy"(the name he gave to his toy puppy)
Posing with the rooster
Swimming with grandma Chris
Another stop at the Farm on the way back home
Gerritt did a great job taking this photo of me with the sunflowers
The beauty of a sunflower
Additional Resources:
Individual Berry Crumbles by Our Nourishing Roots
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