Vegan Berry Crumble


July 9, 2009

This quick easy gluten free vegan berry crumble is hard to stop eating. A great healthy snack for the whole family.

Vegan Berry Crumble

This vegan blueberry crumble is hard to quit eating.

I can’t eat enough nuts and berries. They make my desert island list of can’t-live-without foods. I almost went berry nutty all the way to the bathroom last summer over-indulging in this berry crumble.

I started making this crumble years ago when I was a college student. I’d keep it in the fridge as a study snack. I revisited this trusty recipe a few years ago much to my husband’s delight. Rob eats his “Blueberry Smash” (frozen blueberries, cottage cheese, natural yogurt, and raw nuts) every night after dinner like clockwork. He acts like he can’t sleep without it.

I gently suggested that there might be a berry good variation. He happily embraced this alternative, and there was soon a freshly baked berry crumble on rotation into the fridge every second day. All of our friends and family caught the berry nutty bug at our July 4th firework feast, and it quickly created a berry lovin beast.

Everybody made their own versions of this basic recipe to share, and we had a berry loving blast of a summer. The recipe even humorously landed in a homemade cookbook wedding gift….with a disclaimer…

You see, as we were all championing the berry nutty movement, our bowels were down there revolting with a berry butty bomb. It wasn’t long before our pooh literally turned blue! Sorry if that’s just a bit too much information, but there it was.

The good news was that our “shit literally didn’t stink”. It smelt like fragrant berries. However, we quickly decided to take the path of least resistance, and that moderation was the key to berry lovely bowels. Suffice to say, Rob’s gone back to smashing instead of crumbling. It turns out that too much of a good thing can make you blue…

When eaten in moderation, this recipe is quick, easy, healthy, and delicious. It’s a nutritional powerhouse loaded with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, fiber, and essential fatty acids. Just don’t get berry greedy. You’ve been warned.

Other Berry Desserts

Gluten-Free Vegan Berry Pie

Vegan Strawberry Ice Cream with a Twist

Vegan Berry Pudding

Orange Cranberry Pudding

Raw Vegan Lemon Cranberry Cheesecake

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Vegan Blueberry Crumble

This vegan blueberry crumble is hard to stop eating. A great healthy snack for the whole family.

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 8 people
Calories 292 kcal
Author Tess Masters

Ingredients

fruit mix:

  • 1/4 cup (60ml) unfiltered apple juice
  • 1 cup (160g) fresh blueberries
  • 1 cup (160g) fresh raspberries
  • 1 cup (160g) fresh blackberries
  • 1 cup (160g) sliced fresh strawberries
  • Pinch of Celtic sea salt
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) filtered water
  • 2 tablespoons (14g) arrowroot

crumble topping:

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C, and grease a rectangular baking dish with coconut oil.
  2. To prepare the fruit mix, throw the apple juice, berries, and salt in a medium saucepan, and simmer on low heat until reduced. Stir the arrowroot into the filtered water until well combined. Stir the arrowroot mixture into the berries, and simmer for about 5 minutes, until thickened.
  3. Pour the thickened fruit mixture into the greased baking dish.
  4. To prepare the topping, throw the oats, walnuts, almonds, coconut, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and flour into a food processor fitted with the s blade and pulse a few times just until the ingredients are slightly broken up and combined but still retain a rustic texture.
  5. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the apple juice, maple syrup, and vanilla. Stir in the dry nut and seed mixture until well combined.
  6. Spoon this mixture over the fruit, and bake for about 30 minutes until slightly golden and bubbling.
  7. Serve warm or cold with cashew cream or ice cream.