Strawberry Crisp Recipe {The BEST Summer Dessert}
This Fresh Strawberry Crisp is the best summer dessert ever! Fresh juicy strawberries are topped with a buttery and crumbly oat topping, and is absolutely swoothworthy with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top!
Since we are in the middle of summertime, my kids are eating me out of house and home! I’m beginning to feel like I live at H-E-B, or live in their curbside pickup parking spaces. ???? Does anyone else feel this way?!
When I’m not at H-E-B, I’m probably at Sam’s doing the exact same thing. Now that the baby is drinking regular milk, we go through so many gallons a week it’s complete insanity! My eight year old can basically eat a casserole dish full of cereal every morning and STILL be hungry!
During my visits to Sam’s I usually grab one of those giant containers of strawberries. The strawberries are nice and sweet since it’s summertime, and the price is just right, too. My kids will eat any kind of berries, and usually just like to eat them fresh. But if there’s one dessert that’s seriously irresistible in the hot summer months, it’s this delicious Fresh Strawberry Crisp!
OH yes. It’s hard not to dive right into the bubbly pan right out of the oven! But letting it cool just slightly and adding a scoop of vanilla ice cream is pure bliss, y’all, really!
Special thanks goes to my husband who helped me create this Strawberry Crisp recipe after we took the kids berry picking back in May. We came home with two giant baskets of strawberries, blackberries, and two zucchinis after a hot day in the fields. I made zucchini lasagna for dinner and he tinkered around making the filling for the strawberry crisp.
When this came out of the oven, the warm, sweet smell of strawberries filled the room and we totally snuck some out of the pan while the kids were still outside playing. And maybe hid some of it for later, too. Do you hide your favorite foods from your kids, too? If you do, let me share with you an excellent hiding spot; the Instant Pot!!
Really, truly, it’s worked marvelously so far! The only problem is where to put the stuff when I pull the IP out to use. Because my kids are obsessed with stealing my Dove dark chocolates, it’s necessary around here to hide them. And if you don’t already own an Instant Pot, this is just another great reason to get one. You’re welcome.
More Delicious Summer Dessert Recipes
- Blueberry Sour Cream Pie
- Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Pina Colada Poke Cake
- Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag
Recipe: Strawberry Crisp Recipe
Ingredients
Filling:
- 5 heaping cups fresh strawberries,, hulled and quartered
- 1/4 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 Tablespoons cornstarch
Topping:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
- 2/3 cup granulated white sugar
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter,, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a deep dish pie plate or large baking dish with butter or cooking spray and set aside.
- Combine the chopped strawberries and sugar in a large bowl and mix until the strawberries fully absorb the sugar. Add in the cornstarch and vanilla extract and stir until all of the strawberries are evenly coated. Pour into the prepared baking dish.
- In a separate medium size bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Pour in the melted butter and stir well until well coated and crumbly. Sprinkle the crumb mixture evenly over the top of the strawberries.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes until fruit is bubbly and topping is golden brown. Allow to cool slightly before serving. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream on top. Enjoy!
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This was a delicious recipe! I actually doubled the topings, and it turned out really good. I would say that the topping was a little bit too sweet so I would advise 1/2 cup of both sugars instead of 2/3. Thank you so much for sharing!
Perfect summer dessert! I used coconut sugar because that’s all we use, and it turned out fantastic. Plopped some ice cream on top and created total bliss.
I made this recipe when I picked up some beautiful strawberries and wanted an easy quick dessert for dinner with my grown sons. After the first bite my oldest almost 38 requested this for his birthday this June instead of a birthday cake. This recipe is a keeper.
It says 5 heaping cups of strawberries and then hulled and quartered. So is it 5 cups before cut or after cut, it makes a huge difference?
Hi Becky, that’s after being cut. Good question.
My 18 year old son just said the same thing! Lol
I made this two days ago and I’m making it again today! It is absolutely delicious and I followed the recipe exactly. Everyone who tried it, loved it! I didn’t have any ice cream the other day, but bought some Haagen Dazs to have with it today. I make apple crisp in the Fall, but never thought about making a strawberry crisp, so, thank you for sharing your recipe! It will definitely go in my rotation when strawberries are in season!
If you’re not using a pie plate, what size baking dish do you use?
Great question! An 11×7 inch pan or similar size should work fine. That’s what I used in the photos.
I made this for the first time. I thought it was pretty tasty, but a little too sweet!! I’d add less sugar next time. Also, I added 1 stick of butter plus 2 TBSP. The crisp mixture wasn’t crumbled enough with just the one stick of butter. It’s a light sweet for that sweet tooth after dinner or later in the evening.
This recipe is amazing, it’s so delicious and summery, perfect with ice cream. I’ve made it quite a few times now, I am making it again tonight and adding blueberries for a change
I made this recipe and added blueberries, this was the best dessert I’ve had. I will be making this for the holidays to share with my family.
Absolutely scrumptious!!!!!! Making again tomorrow doe my bridge group!!!! They will love it and am sure I will be giving your recipe blog address so they can also enjoy your recipes too!!!!! Thankyou!
This recipe was a hit! The perfect amount of sweetness and
just a bit of tart. Everyone was a fan and went for seconds!
I’d love to make this receipe. Insetad of flour, can gluten free buckwheat flour be used?
I haven’t tried it with that kind of flour before, so I’m not sure how it would turn out. If you try it please let me know how it goes!
Just made it with an equal substitution of gluten free flour and it came out incredible!
Wow!! Just made this and it was delicious 😋
So sticky and crunchy best combo and so easy
It was great! I’m eleven and this was the first thing i’ve baked. My dad loved it 🙂
Way to go, Celio!
Super easy to make and it came out delicious! It’s a great recipe to make after you go strawberry picking, too
The was an amazing dessert. When strawberries are in season it’s a perfect dessert served warm with vanilla ice cream.
Tried this for the first time last night for a dinner party. Looked like a total failure but thankfully tasted DELICIOUS. I used a 9×13 pan…..perhaps a mistake? My cups of strawberries were very heaping and I even threw in a few extra. I also threw in extra cornstarch because of it. Still, it was very runny and we had to pour it over ice cream instead of serving under. Also, the crumble didn’t cover the whole top and sank into the strawberries while baking. Once ready to serve there was only 1/4 visible on top. :-/