My “sweet-tooth” is luckily not as strong as it used to be, but every now and then I a treat and I need it to be baked!
What’s a crisp? It’s like a cobbler but healthier!
I can’t really do baked goods and even some fruits are too sweet-tasting for me. This blueberry crisp recipe is just sweet enough and very satisfying. It’s even husband-approved! The sweetener in this dish are organic dates. Dates are generally about as sweet as I go in cooking. I’m not into artificial sweeteners and I really don’t like stevia either.
My friend Sarah is an amazing chef and I created this crisp recipe off of memory, modifying a gluten free blueberry crip she taught me to make a few years ago.
One of the best things about this blueberry crisps is that I always have these ingredients on hand.
Benefits of Organic Wild Blueberries
- Fiber!
- Vitamin C!
- Vitamin K
- Lower glycemic index than other fruits
- Antioxidents
- If your into this sort of thing, Anthony William Medical Medium counts wild blueberries as a superfood
- Blueberries are a top 25 food on Dr. Joel Furhman’s nutrient density of food index ratings
No-Sugar Added Blueberry Crisp Recipe Ingredients
- Approximately 4-6 dates
- 1/4 c Almond Meal
- 1/4 c Rolled-Oats (make this recipe gluten-free by using gluten-free oats)
- Coconut Oil
- A few squeezes of lemon juice
- Organic frozen wild blueberries (I always have Whole Foods brand 365 organic wild blueberries on hand)
- Organic cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice.
No-Sugar Added Blueberry Crisp Recipe Ingredients
I’m in no way known as a good baker, so there are probably enhancements I can make to this process!
- Remove organic wild blueberries from the freezer and allow them to thaw: approximately 1-2 hrs.
- Once the wild blueberries are almost thawed, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Pour the thawed organic wild blueberries into a glass square baking dish.
- Finely chop the dates. Put half the dates into the glass dish with the wild organic blueberries and mix.
- Add a few dashes of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice to the organic blueberry-date mixture.
- Squeeze by hand some juice from half a lemon over the blueberry mixture and mix with a spoon.
- Mix in about 1tsp to 1/2 TBS of coconut oil with the wild blueberries.
- In a small bowl, mix with your hands the almond meal and rolled oats with a few dashes of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice. Add in the remaining chopped dates and continue to mix.
- Drizzle about 1 TBS over the almond meal, oat and date mixture. Mix with your hands until its a bid crumbly.
- Crumble the almond meal, oat, date and coconut oil mixture evenly on top of the organic blueberry mixture.
- Place the crisp in the oven to bake for 35 minutes or so. Bake until desired tenderness.
- Try not to eat the dish all in one sitting.
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