Best Easy Strawberry Crumble

White bowl of strawberry crumble and vanilla ice cream, decorated with a fresh strawberry and a golden spoon.

5 from 15 votes

The easiest strawberry crumble recipe! Fresh strawberries are topped with a crisp crumble for this simple summer dessert. Easily vegan and gluten free.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American, british, comfort food, gluten-free, healthy, vegan

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan

Servings: servings

Calories: 232kcal

Author: Elizabeth Emery

Ingredients

Crumble

1 cup oats (slow or quick cook)
¾ cup all purpose flour (I use gluten free, see note)
¼ cup sugar
Pinch of salt
⅓ cup cold butter (I use vegan butter)

Filling

2 lb strawberries, leaves removed and chopped into quarters (1kg)
2 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch (optional - helps filling turn syrupy)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350℉/175℃.
In a bowl, mix all dry crumble ingredients (oats, flour, sugar and salt).
Add butter and mix well until crumble resembles chunky breadcrumbs (use a rubbing motion with your hands - this will help butter mix into dry ingredients).
Add strawberries to a 10-inch wide baking dish. Sprinkle over sugar and cornstarch and stir to mix.
Sprinkle crumble mixture over strawberry layer evenly.
Bake in oven for 30 minutes until topping is golden and strawberries are bubbling.
Serve in bowls, optionally with vanilla ice cream.

Notes

Strawberries - Fresh strawberries are best, but frozen strawberries work too. You can use overripe fruit if you have a lot to use up, as their taste/texture won't be noticeable once baked.

Sweetener - If you need to make this recipe sugar-free, try xylitol or monk fruit.

Cornstarch - Use arrowroot or tapioca flour if you don't have cornstarch.

Gluten free - Switch flour and oats for gluten free versions. I like brown rice flour or an all purpose gluten free blend. You could also use almond flour, but it would change the texture.

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