The beauty of a seasonal fruit crisp is that it works with any fresh (or frozen) fruit you have on hand.  Right now at the beginning of the warm weather months I am still able to get local apples from our CSA, but we are also starting to get ripe berries as well.  The mixture of the crisp Pink Lady apples and the melting berry mix of blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries is a fabulous and perfectly sweet flavor combination. I don’t like to add too much extra sugar to a fruit crisp filling either–it is better to enhance the flavors with a touch of vanilla and either a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, or a teaspoon or so of orange liqueur.  The topping  for my crisps stay the same no matter the fruit filling as well–oats, flour, butter, cinnamon and roasted pecans or walnuts.  So choose your fruit…and dig in!

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