Almost nothing tastes more like summer to me than blueberries. They are one of my absolute favorite foods, and I can’t wait for the picking season in CT to start up in a few weeks. I hate being stingy with them during their off season, but once summer hits, I pour mounds of them them into my yogurt each morning. So at the pool party to kick off summer last week, I made these individual-sized blueberry crisps in addition to the Mango Mojito Popsicles.
The recipe comes from a past co-worker and baking afficiando — it’s a tried and true recipe, so you know it’s good. I’m not a big fan of warm fruit, as you’ll notice there are no pies in my recipe index yet, but I make an exception for blueberry crisp. Especially with some vanilla ice cream, there’s just nothing better on a warm summer night!
I baked the recipe in these mini pre-made Kebler graham cracker crusts so it would be less of a pain to serve during the party and they worked really well. The recipe is normally baked in a 9×13 dish but in this case I think it made about 16 mini crisps. Perfect size for one generous scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Blueberry Crisp
For the filling:
5 cups fresh blueberries
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tbsp flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Juice of half of a lemon + zest
For the topping:
1 cup flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup rolled oats
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Quick shake nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
– Preheat oven to 400 degrees
– In a large bowl, mix together blueberries, vanilla, sugar, flour, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Sprinkle zest over berry mixture and place in a 13×9 buttered dish (or about 16 mini graham cracker pie crusts)
– In another bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon, and salt.
– Using a pastry cutter or your fingers, cut in butter and spread topping over berries
– Bake for 20-30 minutes
Here’s a shot of the Grand Teton Mountain range visible right from the lobby of our current hotel! Blueberry crisp is amazing, but this place is truly breathtaking!
These are so great! Gorgeous photos. I have some blueberries on my counter and I think I know what I want to do with them now :)
These are supremely adorable! Blueberries scream summer to me as well, especially paired with vanilla ice cream!
YUM! These look super delicious! I love blueberries!
Your photos are awesome. The mini crisps look delicious.
These look amazing and I love the view. David and I went to Yellowstone last fall and loved it. The Grand Teton’s are awesome!
My husband’s uncle is getting remarried at Hubbard Park in Meriden tomorrow. We moved up to MA 4 years ago…the best thing? An amazing U-pick blueberry patch down the street. This morning I got SIX pounds for TEN dollars! I’ve been playing with blueberry crisps, and I wanted to bring some with me tomorrow. But, I wasn’t sure how to keep the mess-aggravation-factor down. Your mini recipe with the keebler cups was perfect! Thank you so much! Just from my own taste test I know they’ll fly off the table tomorrow! Lovely site!