fresh blueberry crumble
grain-free • gluten-free • dairy-free • sugar-free • sweetener-free • nightshade-free • 21DSD^
When you’re looking for a quick and easy dessert, baking fruit with a nutty topping is probably the easiest thing you can do.
PREP TIME: 15 minutes
COOKING TIME: 30-40 minutes
YIELD: 8 servings
ingredients
- 2 pints of fresh blueberries (use 4 green apples, sliced, for the 21DSD)
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 cup almond meal/almond flour
- 1/4 cup chopped macadamia or walnuts
- 1/4 cup melted butter (or coconut oil for dairy-free)
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup (omit for the 21DSD)
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 pinches of sea salt
preparation
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Place the blueberries in a 9 inch x 9 inch baking dish, and squeeze the juice from half of the lemon over them. Toss slightly to coat the blueberries with the juice.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the almond meal or flour, macadamia nuts, melted butter, remaining lemon juice, maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt.
- Spread the nut topping evenly over the blueberries, and bake until the fruit is well cooked/bubbly and the topping is golden brown (approximately 30-40 minutes).
change it up!
- Use green apples to make this for The 21-Day Sugar Detox.
^use modifications to make 21DSD-friendly
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This recipe on my menu for the week! Can’t wait to taste test it! Yum.
This recipe on my menu for the week! Can’t wait to taste test it! Yum.
I keep seeing this in Practical Paleo and wanting to make it! I think I will, soon! Love the similar recipes from other bloggers. Either you had it before and I just didn’t notice or it’s new. Either way, great idea. Snd way to spread the love!
I keep seeing this in Practical Paleo and wanting to make it! I think I will, soon! Love the similar recipes from other bloggers. Either you had it before and I just didn’t notice or it’s new. Either way, great idea. Snd way to spread the love!
So simple! Blueberries have been on sale lately, so this recipe is one of the next in the chamber so to speak… Good stuff!
So simple! Blueberries have been on sale lately, so this recipe is one of the next in the chamber so to speak… Good stuff!
It looks so good!! *.*
It looks so good!! *.*
If you are doing the 21DSD do you omit the maple syrup?
This isn’t a 21DSD friendly recipe – there are no berries on that program.
In the recipe it says to sub green apples instead of blueberries to make it 21DSD friendly; that’s why I was asking if the maple syrup was allowed.
Oh, sorry- no. There are no sweeteners allowed on the 21DSD! I’ll edit that note. Thanks!
No worries I just wanted to double check with ya :0) thanks for the quick reply
If you are doing the 21DSD do you omit the maple syrup?
This isn’t a 21DSD friendly recipe – there are no berries on that program.
In the recipe it says to sub green apples instead of blueberries to make it 21DSD friendly; that’s why I was asking if the maple syrup was allowed.
Oh, sorry- no. There are no sweeteners allowed on the 21DSD! I’ll edit that note. Thanks!
No worries I just wanted to double check with ya :0) thanks for the quick reply
could I make this with nectarines? if so, how many (in cups)?
SURE! My guess is about 3 cups or 3-4 pieces of fruit depending on size.
could I make this with nectarines? if so, how many (in cups)?
SURE! My guess is about 3 cups or 3-4 pieces of fruit depending on size.
I have made this easy crumble recipe a few times and really love it, as did everyone else who got to partake! It was amazing this past summer with freshly-picked blueberries. I’m wondering which fall fruits to try – maybe a mix of persimmon and apple?
I have made this easy crumble recipe a few times and really love it, as did everyone else who got to partake! It was amazing this past summer with freshly-picked blueberries. I’m wondering which fall fruits to try – maybe a mix of persimmon and apple?
Could this be made with coconut flour instead of almond flour? Having a very hard time finding the almond flour in my local grocery stores
Could this be made with coconut flour instead of almond flour? Having a very hard time finding the almond flour in my local grocery stores
Make your own! Super easy.. Just roast some almonds in the oven for 10 minutes on 325 degrees and then toss them in a food processor. Voila! Almond meal!!
I just tried the recipe, the top was too done and the berries not cooked after 20 min. I turned the heat down to 250 and baked it another 10 minutes to cook the berries. I had another recipe where I baked the berries first for 15-20 min then added the crumble for 15 min.. Started to do that this time, but followed this recipe instead. I will be looking for the other recipe.
I had the same experience, the top burned after 35 mins at 375 convection oven…I will give it another try but leave it in for 25 mins unchecked
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I didn’t’ develop the recipe using convection, so I’d drop it to 350 or cover it to start!
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Made this yesterday and loved it! I left out the maple syrup from the crumble and it was still sweet from all the blueberries. However, next time I’m going to double or triple the crumble part. I was left with a lot of empty spots, making it look more like a bunch of blueberry jam in a baking dish! 🙂 I will definitely try this again! Thanks!
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I had some fresh blueberries, strawberries and blackberries, so I made this as a mixed berry crumble and omitted the maple syrup since my berries were all fresh. Not a bite was left!
PERFECT!!! Love it!
I just tried this recipe and was disappointed it was too buttery! and I had hardly any topping it was awful. Don’t know what I did wrong
Ah, there is definitely something off with this recipe! Like a previous poster, I was left with no topping! I followed the recipe to a “T” and only omitted the 1/4 cup of nuts because of an allergy. There is literally no crumble to the crumble. Disappointed – love the other Practical Paleo recipes…
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If you omitted 1/4 cup of nuts, you omitted 1/4 cup of the topping! This is definitely not a crumble like others that use flours or grains – it’s an alternate and TONS of folks made this all the time to great results! Next time, maybe look for a different recipe if you are finding you need to omit that much out of ingredients. 1/4 cup is a lot to leave out.