Two weeks ago, I made this crisp with my Mom. We were originally going to make rhubarb crisp until I learned that it is apparently not rhubarb season. Peaches and strawberries were a pretty darn good substitute.
This is a dessert. It has flour. It has sugar. It has butter. I know what you are thinking. Isn’t she a dietitian? Yes, I am and I feel an immense amount of pressure to only share “healthy” recipes. I don’t like that pressure. In fact, I detest that pressure. Don’t get me wrong, I eat lots of nutritious foods, but I also eat dessert. I realize that might make some people feel uncomfortable, but I’d like to invite you to relax and have some dessert too.
I have a new goal. My goal is to post 3x/week from now until the end of 2010 until all recipes categories on my blog have at least 6 entries. This is a big goal and I might need some encouragement and recipe ideas too. Feel free to send some ideas my way!
Ingredients
- 3 white peaches (peeled and thinly sliced)
- 3 yellow peaches (peeled and thinly sliced)
- 1.5 pounds of strawberries (sliced into quarters)
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup flour
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
- 1 cup of rolled oats
- ½ teaspoon of cinnamon
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large mixing bowl, toss the peaches and strawberries with ¾ cup sugar and ¼ cup flour.
- In a separate mixing bowl, combine the ½ cup flour with the butter until clumpy pea-sized shapes are formed.
- Add the rolled oats, cinnamon, and ¼ cup sugar to the butter mix.
- Layer the peach/strawberry mix into a 9×13 inch baking pan (that has been greased).
- Sprinkle the oat mixture on top of the fruit.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes or until the top is golden and crispy!
- Incredibly delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Dessert is a part of life so you shouldn’t feel bad about posting it! Plus i maintain that no one ever became obese from eating home baked goods. It’s all of the fast food and chain restaurants that put people over the edge! This looks too good not to share anyway!
This looks delicious and there are definitely healthy desserts out there too!
Good job on keeping up the recent surge in posts!
Ever since my husband has been on his no-fructose diet, I feel like I’m seeing more and more amazing fruit desserts come my way. I had never thought of combining strawberries and peaches, but this sounds (and looks!) amazing! I’m glad you post some indulgences, it’s important to have the good stuff sometimes.