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Healthy blueberry crisp (no sugar) served on plate

Healthy blueberry crisp (no sugar)

This is a delightful and refreshing summertime dessert!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 4-5 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen (don't worry on exact amounts!)
  • 3 T maple syrup
  • 2 T tapioca granules
  • dash of water if using fresh blueberries
  • Crisp topping:
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup unbleached flour
  • 4 T maple syrup
  • 2 T melted butter or coconut oil

Method
 

  1. Place the blueberries in a 8x8 glass baking dish. (Do not grease)
  2. Sprinkle the tapioca on top and then drizzle on the maple syrup
  3. Add a dash of water if using fresh berries. Stir gently
  4. Melt the butter in a large glass measuring cup or mixing bowl
  5. Add the oats, flour and maple syrup
  6. Mix until it crumbles together and then spread on top of the blueberries
  7. Bake at 350 for about 30-40 minutes or until the crisp looks browned and the blueberries have turned into a juicy syrup. Enjoy!

Notes

Substitutions:
Flour- the all purpose flour can be replaced with whole wheat flour, oat flour, kamut flour and basically any other flour you'd prefer to use. 
Butter-you can replace with coconut oil or a vegan butter alternative. 
Maple syrup- honey is a great replacement as well as coconut sugar. (Note: if you are using a "dry sweetener like coconut sugar or an unrefined sugar, you will need to slightly increase the amount of butter).
Tapioca granules- easy replacements are corn starch, tapioca flour or starch, perma-flo or even regular flour. I personally prefer using tapioca in my fruit crisps. When I use pearl tapioca I love finding the little clear puffy tapioca beads in with the fruit!