Chunks of apricots, strawberries and fresh rhubarb are tossed together with sugar and spices and baked in between layers of a brown sugar and almond oat crust. Almost firm enough to cut into bars and yet fruity enough to be a crisp, this is really just a fruit crisp with both a top and bottom crust layer.
This is one of my favorite summer desserts. I would happily eat this breakfast, lunch and dinner every day until the pan is empty. Unfortunately, it never lasts that long in my house!
Don’t be intimidated by the crust layers or the topping, no cutting in cold butter is required. Melted butter is poured into the topping and it
forms perfect crumbs to top this dessert.
Just prep the fruit and let it rest with the sugar and spices while you stir melted butter into the dry ingredients. Press half the mixture into the pan, top with fruit and sprinkle with the remaining topping.
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Apricot Rhubarb Strawberry Almond Crunch
Ingredients
Fruit Filling Ingredients
- 2 cups apricots chopped
- 2½ cups strawberries chopped
- 1½ cups rhubarb chopped
- ⅓ cup orange juice
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon ginger
Topping and Crust Ingredients
- 1⅓ cups brown rice flour *
- ⅔ cup tapioca starch *
- 1½ cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup butter melted
- ½ cup sliced almonds
*Non-Gluten-Free Alternative
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Place the fruit in a mixing bowl. Add the orange juice, vanilla, sugar, and spices. Stir to coat and set aside.
- In a separate mixing bowl, combine the flours, oats and brown sugar. Add the melted butter. Stir to combine. Press half of this mixture into a buttered 9×13 pan. Pour the fruit over the bottom crust. Add the almonds to the remaining crust mixture and stir them in or just mix with your fingertips. Sprinkle the rest of the topping over the fruit.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, until the crust turns golden brown. Serve warm from the oven or let cool completely and slice into servings.
Pam says
Now this looks like baking that even I could do!
Magnolia Verandah says
That crunchy topping looks great.
Cheah ~ No-Frills Recipes says
I love the crisp, the ice cream and I'm drooling over your clicks! Awesome!
Sue/the view from great island says
I think the is the perfect dessert. And the perfect breakfast 🙂
Leanne says
Oats are not gluten free – therefore this recipe is not a GF recipe … you cannot just substitute Gf flour and call a recipe GF 😡
Mary says
There most certainly are certified gluten-free oats. Most celiacs do not have trouble with them. However, there are exceptions to every recipe, so if you are sensitive to oats, please do not eat them.