This healthy mixed berry crisp features fresh or frozen berries and an oat-almond flour topping, with no refined sugar!
I used inspiration from a few other recipes to come up with my recipe for this summer-y, healthy mixed berry crisp.
Berry crisp lends itself very well to healthy adaptations, and you’d never know that this one’s on the healthier side. It’s not a low-calorie recipe, but it’s made with all real ingredients.
The filling is naturally sweet and juicy, the topping is crunchy and delicious, and there’s no refined sugar in the whole dessert. Since berries are so naturally sweet, especially when baked, there’s no need to add extra sweetener.
For the filling, it’s just berries, lemon juice, and cornstarch. I actually found organic cornstarch in the bulk bins at Whole Foods, which is a plus if you have a WF nearby and don’t want to have buy an entire box of cornstarch that’ll end up sitting around in your pantry.
For the topping, it’s oats, almond meal, pecans, cinnamon, butter or coconut oil, and just a dash of maple syrup or honey instead of sugar. I used coconut oil and added coconut chips to the topping, which is totally optional, but it’s a fun twist on traditional berry crisp if you’re a fan of coconut.
To make the crisp, I mixed the filling ingredients together in a medium bowl, added them to my baking dish, and then used the same bowl to mix together the crumb topping ingredients. After 10 minutes and using just one bowl and spoon, the berry crisp was ready for the oven.
I loved topping my healthy mixed berry crisp with homemade whipped coconut cream, but of course, regular homemade whipped cream or ice cream would also be wonderful. When served warm, the berry crisp slowly melts the ice cream or coconut cream on top and it’s just incredible.
If you try out the recipe, feel free to let me know in a comment or take a picture and tag me @livbane on Instagram. Hope you enjoy!
Healthy Mixed Berry Crisp
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh blueberries (see Note if using frozen berries)
- 2.5 cups fresh strawberries, halved
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (~ 1/2 lemon, depending on its juiciness)
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 6 Tbsp. almond meal or almond flour
- 2 Tbsp. unsweetened coconut flakes or chips, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 Tbsp. butter or coconut oil
- 1/4 cup real maple syrup or honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, mix together berries, lemon juice and cornstarch. Add to buttered or greased 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish.
- In the same bowl, mix together oats, pecans, almond meal, coconut flakes or chips, cinnamon, butter or coconut oil, and maple syrup or honey. Mix until mixture comes together and add to top of baking dish.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the top has lightly browned and the filling is beginning to thicken. Let rest for 15-20 minutes before serving to allow the filling to thicken. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.
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I love crisps! Crumble topping totally has my heart. And your have to use the awesome summer fruit while it’s around, so this is perfect 🙂
I LOVE apple crisp but I think this summer was the first time I tried making a berry crisp. So perfect for summer and the crumbly topping is always so good.
This looks delicious! I have been taking advantage of all the fresh fruits this summer so this will be the perfect thing to make 🙂 🙂
I don’t want berries to ever go out of season!
CANT WAIT FOR TOMORROW NIGHT!!! Yum yum yummm,
I’m excited, too!! 🙂
omg Liv i am so jealous. this looks like a dream!! love the addition of coconut flakes on top, and homemade whipped cream sounds incredible. Pinning!
I couldn’t get enough! And thanks for pinning, Beverley!
Berry crisps are the best! I think I love making healthier versions of them because of the sugar rush that follows! Love that you used the natural sweetness of the berries in addition to honey!
We certainly needed for you to make more of this dessert for us. Byron’s favorite!
I know he loves apple crisp! I wanted to make it for you the night before I left town but I ran out of time, unfortunately 🙁
This sounds so good Liv! Definitely would make such a great topping for so many things 🙂 Hope you had a great weekend!!
Thanks, Alyssa! Hope you had a great weekend, as well!
Looking at this is making me go, ‘Oh boy, oh boy…’ Cause fruit desserts have a really special place in my heart. I love pies and crisps with ALL The real ingredients plus icecream? It’s amazing, because fruit lends so much sugar to a recipe that it doesn’t really need any extra. God made all these cool forms of sugar. Fruit is one of my favorites. 🙂 And Liv, you just always blow me away with your delicious descriptions and incredible looking recipes.
Fruit is the BEST kind of natural sugar 🙂 And thanks so much for your kind words, Emily!
Crisps are my favorite dessert ever! Growing up my grandma always made rhubarb crisp…AMAZING! I’m going to have to try this recipe <3
Yum, rhubarb crisp sounds delicious!
I love crisps! Pinning this for a nice weekend breakfast/brunch. I love how you did it in one bowl – that totally motivates me even more. Lots of bowls to clean is not fun!
As few dishes as possible is the way to go! Thanks for pinning, Sarah!
This looks seriously delicious and I loveeeeeee that you added coconut into the mix!
This is definitely the perfect summer dessert – especially so if you add a scoop of icecream… you know… to cool it down 😉
Oh, of course– to cool it down 😉
Oooh this looks so good! I bet I could easily eat the entire thing by myself too 🙂
yum, i LOVE berry crisp! if you use a wee bit less oil and sugar, i call it breakfast 😉
Almost like baked oatmeal, right? 😉
oh my gosh this looks amazing! i never take the time to make a big dish, but totally should do this instead just a quick bowl
You’ll have leftovers for days to come! 🙂
Would this recipe work in individual ramekin dishes? Any change in baking time?