Last week I went to a pot luck and me being me I took a dessert.
The only rules were not to bring too large of a dish as it was a smaller sized gathering and to bring something healthy.
A healthy dessert. That soooo isn’t how I bake lol One of the other people going suggested cobbler and that was the end of my hunt for a food idea. Of course it immediately started a hunt for a new recipe, but hey, who doesn’t like scouring through recipe ideas online until they find the right one?
I didn’t want to spend a lot on fruit, unfortunately for me it is not optimal fruit season so all fruit is expensive, all fruit except frozen! Well, to be fair some frozen fruit is stupid expensive, it should be illegal how much I spend on one bag of frozen raspberries. *sigh* WalMart came to my rescue though and I was able to buy a bag of frozen berries in a family pack size, which means I now have frozen berries for the rest of my life…or a month or so…ya know, if you want to get technical. 😉
The recipe I found is from Pinterest and is specifically for frozen berries. Yay for cobbler recipes that are specifically for frozen berries! Way to make my life easier lol
I’ll leave a link to the original site but fair warning, her post goes on forever about her dog and school and vacation and omg it takes her ages to get to the recipe *rolls eyes* To save you scrolling through all that I’ll write the recipe here…says the lady who wrote forever about potlucks and online recipe searches 😛
Berry Filling:
4 cups frozen mixed berries, not thawed
3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
3 Tablespoons all purpose flour
zest from one lemon
pinch of salt
Oat Crumble Topping:
1 Cup old fashioned rolled oats
1/2 Cup brown sugar
6 Tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 Cup salted butter, cold, cut in to small cubes
The Deets:
Preheat oven to 350C
Make the berry filling by combining all ingredients and tossing.
In a separate bowl make the oat crumble by combining all ingredients. Use your fingers to pinch the butter and incorporate it with the dry ingredients. Keep pinching and mixing together with your hands until evenly combined. You will have some pea sized pieces of butter in the mixture, that’s ok.
Pour the berry filling in to a 1-1/2 quart baking dish (or 8×8 baking dish, a pie baking dish, basically anything that can go in the oven). Top with the oat crumble topping, and spread to an even layer.
Bake uncovered until the berry filling is bubbling, and the oat crumble is golden brown, about 1 hour.
Let cool for 1 hour before serving. Serve at room temp with ice cream. It will keep covered at room temp for about 3 days…if it isn’t all eaten by then.
The berry mixture I used had strawberries, blackberries and blueberries but really, you can use whatever fruit you want.
I’d love to be able to tell you how this dish turned out but I didn’t actually get to eat any of it. I had to leave before we got to the dessert section of the evening so I left it with the group and crossed fingers it was edible. I did tell them to feel free to compost it if they wanted, I wouldn’t be offended.
I got a text later that night that all but one serving was gone and three people were eyeing it and by the next day I had a text saying it was gone. I guess it can’t be all that bad if it was eaten in under 24 hours lol
I baked it the day before, let it get to room temperature for an hour than covered it and put it in the fridge over night. We left it on the counter at the party so it could come back up to room temp but I’m sure you could warm it in an oven so you could serve it warm with some ice cream melted on top, yum!
It was super easy to make, which means I’ll probably end up baking one again, if only so I can try a piece!
Here is the link to the original recipe:
https://www.tasteslovely.com/triple-berry-crumble-made-with-frozen-fruit/
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