This easy Blackberry Crumble recipe is made with whole grain oats and brimming with fresh blackberries. Serve this classic blackberry crumble with a scoop of ice cream! Gluten-free, vegan.
Summer may be coming to a close soon, but there is still time for blackberries!
There's not many things easier than a crumble. Fruit, oats, butter, sweetener, and flour. Like this blueberry cobbler, this recipe celebrates in-season fruit at its best.
This recipe hits all the notes of a classic crumble but is gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free. Plus, it's nut-free too!
Ingredients for Blackberry Crumble
What's the difference between a crumble and a cobbler? While both are baked fruit desserts, cobblers are topped with biscuits. Crumbles are topped with a streusel-like mixture. You can make crumble toppings with or without oats.
For this blackberry crumble with oats, here are the major ingredients you will need:
- Fresh blackberries
- Maple syrup
- Gluten-free oats
- Cassava flour
- Organic cane sugar
- Ground cinnamon
- Vegan butter
- Vanilla extract
How to Make Blackberry Crumble with Oats
The beautiful thing about crumbles are that they come together so easily! Here are the steps to this gluten-free crumble:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Grease an 8x8 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Combine blackberries, maple syrup, and vanilla extract in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Add remaining ingredients to a second medium bowl and whisk to combine.
- Cut in pieces of vegan butter into the crumble.
- Transfer fruit mixture to prepared baking dish.
- Sprinkle gluten-free crumble topping over the fruit.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes.
- Allow crumble to cool for a few minutes before serving.
How to Serve Homemade Crumble
Serve this vegan crumble warm or cold. It is especially good with vanilla ice cream or coconut whipped cream.
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Blackberry Crumble
Ingredients
- 4 cups fresh blackberries
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract divided
- ½ cup (110g) organic cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup (105g) gluten-free oats
- ¾ cup (100g) cassava flour
- pinch of salt
- 8 tablespoons vegan butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease an 8x8 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Combine blackberries, maple syrup, and a ½ teaspoon vanilla extract in a medium bowl and set aside.
- Add cane sugar, oats, cinnamon, pinch of salt, and cassava flour to a second medium bowl and whisk to combine. Use a fork, pastry cutter, or your fingers to cut in pieces of vegan butter into the crumble. You will have pea-sized pieces when finished. Add remaining vanilla extract and toss mixture to coat.
- Transfer the fruit mixture to the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle gluten-free crumble topping over the fruit in an even layer.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until top is a golden brown and blackberry mixture is bubbling. Allow blackberry crumble to cool for a few minutes before serving.
- Serve with vanilla ice cream or coconut whipped cream.
Kim
I love anything with a crumble topping!
Tessa
Hard to resist!