This simple seasonal blueberry crisp is exactly the best way to use fresh blueberries!

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Who needs a great seasonal blueberry dessert recipe?? I know I did and so I made the PERFECT blueberry crisp! And you can make it even better with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Blueberry crisp in a pan and on plates with ice cream.

Start with fresh beautiful blueberries and toss them with a little flour and sugar. Then make my favorite crisp topping of oatmeal, brown sugar, butter, and flour for the best crispy crumbly topping. Baked to perfection this blueberry crisp is going to be a new family favorite!

What is a Crisp?

A crisp is a simple summer fruit dessert that features fruit baked with a topping typically made of flour, oats, butter, and brown sugar. Topped with ice cream, whipped cream, or cool whip these fruit desserts never fail to please everyone!

Crisp with vanilla ice cream on white plates with spoons.

Are Crisps and Crumbles the same? What’s the difference?

Crisp toppings are the same as crumble toppings, bascially flour, brown suagr, and butter BUT oats are added to make the topping “crisp.” We always had crisps growing up but I enjoy a crumble too! It’s summetime and desserttime so there’s no time to be picky!

How do you thicken up the fruit in a crisp?

If you JUST add fruit to a baking dish and bake it the results will be very juicy. You NEED something to thicken up the juices. You can use flour or corn starch for the job!

In this recipe I use flour because it’s my go to for crisps. I like the way it works, and tastes.

BUT if you don’t have enough flour you can use cornstarch. Simply replace the flour mixed with the berries by half the amount of cornstarch. So for this recipe 3 TBSP of flour would be replaced with 1 1/2 TBSP of corn starch.

Crisp on a plate next to the baking pan of crisp.

Can I use frozen blueberries in this blueberry crisp?

I used fresh blueberries in this version of the recipe. BUT you can use frozen blueberries in this crisp. Just use them straight from the freezer do not thaw them.

Blueberry dessert topped with ice cream.

Do I use quick oats or old fashioned rolled oats??

You can use either or in this recipe! The quick oats are chopped up a little bit to make them quick cooking. Old fashioned oats are thicker and not chopped. Either version of rolled oats will work.

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Blueberry Crisp

5 from 14 votes

This simple seasonal blueberry crisp is exactly the best way to use fresh blueberries!

Course: Dessert Recipes

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 40

Total Time: 1

Servings: Servings

Calories: 402kcal

Author: Laura

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Ingredients

Blueberry Filling

5 cups blueberries
1/3 cup of sugar
3 TBSP all-purpose flour
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp lemon zest
1/4 tsp salt

Best Crisp Topping

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup rolled oats
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter

Instructions

preheat the oven to 375°
toss the berries with the lemon juice
mix the sugar, flour, salt, and zest together
toss with the berries
place in a 2-quart baking dish
make the topping, mix the flour, oats, and sugar together
rub in the butter until the mixture comes together
sprinkle the crisp topping over the prepared berries
bake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes until the berries are bubbly and the top is browned