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Healthy Fruit Crisp {Slow Cooker or Oven}

June 6, 2018 by Lindsay 16 Comments

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This Healthy Fruit Crisp can be made in the slow cooker or in the oven. It’s low in added sugar and packed with fiber and healthy fats. Serve it over yogurt or cottage cheese for breakfast or with ice cream for dessert.

Healthy Fruit Crisp that can be made in the slow cooker or oven.

Hi friends!

If you follow me on Instagram Stories, you’ve seen us eating this Healthy Fruit Crisp for the past two weeks straight. I first made it in the slow cooker. It only takes two hours which means you can throw it in before you start dinner and it’ll be ready for dessert. Then, I also tested it in the oven and it works equally well.

The first time I made it with a mix of blueberries and strawberries (since we had a surplus after we went strawberry picking). The next time I tested it with some nectarines thrown in and it was equally delicious. My biggest suggestion though is to always include some blueberries if you’re serving it to picky kiddos like mine. The dark purple color helps camouflage the chia seeds and make them less noticeable.

Healthy Fruit Crisp served over cottage cheese and drizzle with peanut butter.

The great thing about this Healthy Fruit Crisp is that it works two ways. With only 2 Tbsp added sugar in the whole recipe, I feel good enough about it to serve it to Squish for breakfast. He loves it over plain yogurt or cottage cheese and he likes it both warm and cold. He also enjoys it warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top….but who wouldn’t?!

Healthy Fruit Crisp made in the slow cooker.

Like I said, you can make this in the slow cooker in just a couple hours. Perfect for those summer days when you don’t feel like heating up the kitchen with the oven. Or you can make it in the oven if you don’t feel like dragging out the slow cooker. I think I have a slight preference for the oven version, but both are delicious!

Here’s how you make it:

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Healthy Fruit Crisp

Healthy Fruit Crisp that can be made in the slow cooker or oven.

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This Healthy Fruit Crisp can be made in the slow cooker or in the oven. It’s low in added sugar and packed with fiber and healthy fats. Serve it over yogurt or cottage cheese for breakfast or with ice cream for dessert.

  • Author: Lindsay
  • Prep Time: 5 min
  • Cook Time: 40 min
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: serves 4-6 1x
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Ingredients

  • 5 cups mixed fruit (berries and stonefruits work best)
  • 3 Tbsp chia seeds
  • 3/4 cup rolled oats
  • 1/4 cup white whole wheat flour
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 Tbsp ground flaxseed
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1–2 Tbsp hemp seeds (optional)
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter

Instructions

  1. Chop fruit into bite-sized pieces.
  2. Transfer to either a crockpot or a 9×9 pan lined with parchment paper. 
  3. Sprinkle with chia seeds and stir to combine. (You can also combine the fruit and chia seeds in a bowl but I find that a lot of the seeds stick to the bowl when you go to transfer it to the slow cooker or pan)
  4. In a small bowl, combine oats, flour, sugar, cinnamon, flax, baking powder and hemp seeds and stir to combine. 
  5. Cut butter into small chunks and add to the flour mixture. Cut in with a pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. 
  6. Add peanut butter and stir until coated with flour. Use your hands to mix everything together really well and crumble the peanut butter and butter so it combines with all of the flour and oats. 
  7. Sprinkle crumble mixture over top of fruit. 
  8. Cook at 350 for 40 minutes in the oven or 2-2.5 hours on high in the slow cooker.
  9. Serve over yogurt or cottage cheese, or topped with ice cream.

Notes

You could really use anywhere from 4-6 cups of fruit depending on how you like your topping to fruit ratio. If you use 6 cups of fruit, you could add 1 additional Tbsp of chia seeds.

Since there’s minimal added sugar, the riper and sweeter the fruit is, the better.

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Sounds delicious right?! It’s one of my new favorites for sure!

This Healthy Fruit Crisp can be made in the slow cooker or in the oven. It's low in added sugar and packed with fiber and healthy fats. Serve it over yogurt or cottage cheese for breakfast or with ice cream for dessert.

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Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

 

Filed Under: Dessert, Breakfast, Slow Cooker Tagged With: Chia Seed, Fruit, Ground Flaxseed, Oats, Peanut Butter, White Whole Wheat Flour

About Lindsay

Lindsay Livingston is a Registered Dietitian and new mom from Columbus, Ohio. On her blog, she shares simple, healthy recipes, nutrition tips, workouts and snapshots of her life. Follow her on Twitter @LeanGrnBeanBlog and Instagram @TheLeanGreenBean and be sure to subscribe via RSS or email so you never miss a post!

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Comments

  1. nicole says

    June 6, 2018 at 9:58 AM

    any thoughts on what to use to make this Gluten Free…. looks delicious!

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      June 11, 2018 at 6:50 AM

      you could try it with oat flour or almond flour but i haven’t tried it myself! or a GP AP flour mix.

      Reply
    • Lisa says

      June 14, 2018 at 5:14 PM

      I just made it with almond flour and it turned out well, maybe a little crumblier than it would with wheat flour. Super yummy still.

      Reply
  2. Linda says

    June 6, 2018 at 12:06 PM

    Can you use fresh rubbard?

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      June 11, 2018 at 6:48 AM

      hmmmm my guess would be no. but i haven’t tried it!

      Reply
  3. Kelli at Hungry Hobby says

    June 6, 2018 at 1:30 PM

    I love that this is so versatile!

    Reply
  4. Rebecca says

    June 11, 2018 at 10:52 PM

    Would using frozen fruits instead of fresh fruit work ? Would I need to increase the cooking time?

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      June 15, 2018 at 2:48 PM

      I used a mix of half fresh, half frozen one time and the cook time was the same. I’d say check it after the prescribed time and then add more if needed but I think it should be about the same.

      Reply
  5. Amy says

    July 5, 2018 at 1:53 PM

    Made this for July 4th. Sooooo good!!!! It was perfect served warm with vanilla ice cream. Can’t wait to try it cold with yogurt!!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      July 8, 2018 at 9:04 PM

      yay! so glad to hear you guys like it!

      Reply
  6. Annie says

    August 5, 2018 at 5:42 PM

    What’s the beige drizzle on top?

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      August 5, 2018 at 7:28 PM

      peanut butter

      Reply
  7. Kim Lacher says

    October 5, 2018 at 3:39 PM

    We love this in our house! Our favourite is a 50/50 mix of fresh apples and frozen mixed berries. The kids love it plain or with yogurt (I haven’t given them the ice cream option yet :P). And I love it on top of oatmeal or by itself. This is a winner! Making half a dozen to stash before new baby comes.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  8. Farzana says

    February 3, 2019 at 11:56 PM

    Hi Lindsay, this looks delicious is and I would love to give this a try. Do you have any suggestion as to how to make it dairy free? I’m guessing the texture migt be off if butter isnt used? But what do you think would be a close sub? Thanks in advance!

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      February 4, 2019 at 8:09 PM

      probably vegan butter! you could try oil also but might alter things slightly

      Reply

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