Peach & Cherry GF Granola Crumbles … delightful summer dessert

“Fruit falls when you shake the tree. You have to keep making things happen.”
Brandi L. Bates

Peach & Cherry GF Granola Crumbles … deliciousness in little pots. Sorry I’ve been MIA for a bit, but was off to get the daughter into college. It’s been a busy last few months. Uni admissions, flights to Bangalore and back, and the times finally arrived for her to chase her dreams. She’s off to do design and art, something she absolutely loves, and earned a well deserved place in the college of her dreams.

So this was a quick dessert rustled up for her just before she left. It had everything she loved. Fruit, fruit and more fruit. Summer is for stone fruit and I just can’t get enough of them. The bazaars are flooded … mangoes, cherries, peaches, plums, apricots. As always, so much to do, and so little time. Fruit crumbles are fun. Real fun. You can find several crumbles on PAB, gluten free and otherwise. They take minutes to rustle up, bake beautifully and make for wonderful summer dessert. Serve them warm, at room temperature, or chilled  … this is one dessert which will never let you down.

I wanted to go gluten free this time around. It’s always fun to push your boundaries. I eventually ran out of time and decided to top the fruit with the GF Multigrain Granola which I make every week. It’s a great, great breakfast option, one that the better half looks forward to every morning.

And now I discover that it’s a great  option for topping bakes too! What could be better? The daughter absolutely LOVED it; scrape, scrape, scrape was all I could hear! Surprisingly the son loved it tremendously too. He’s a bit iffy when he gets a fruit overload in dessert. This time around however he asked if there were seconds!

Of course I rolled up my eyes and declared he was lucky he got even one portion under the circumstances! The dessert almost never happened given all the running around that was going on! I’ve got some delicious mini cherry pies coming up soon! Do you love stone fruit as much as me? So what is your favourite fruit based dessert on the go?

Before I go, I’d love to announce the winner of the Rs 6000 Flipkart gift voucher from the contest sponsored by couponspy.in posted on the GF Mango Almond Quark Roulade. I’m thrilled to announce that the winner is Priya. Thank you all for entering. I loved hosting this!

[print_this]Recipe: Peach & Cherry GF Granola Crumble

Summary: Peach & Cherry GF Granola Crumbles … Fruit crumbles are fun. Real fun. They take minutes to rustle up, bake beautifully and make for wonderful summer dessert. Serve them warm, at room temperature, or chilled  … this is one dessert which will never let you down. Serves 6

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:

• Fruit filling
• 500g cherries, pitted
• 750g peaches, pitted, diced
• Juice of 1 lime
• 50g brown sugar {adjust as required}
• 1/2 tsp vanilla bean powder
• 25g instant oats
• GF Granola Topping
• 50g butter, chilled, grated
• 50g GF multigrain granola {recipe here}
• 25g brown sugar

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Fruit filling
3. Toss diced peaches, cherries, sugar and lime juice in a large bowl. Add the vanilla bean powder and oats. Toss well again to mix.
4. Divide between ramekins.
5. GF Granola Topping
6. Gently and quickly toss all ingredients together in a large bowl.
7. Assemble
8. Divide equally over fruit, pressing down gently to cover fruit completely.
9. Place on baking tray and bake for 30 minutes until topping is light golden brown and fruit juices are bubbling a little over the sides.
10. Serve warm or at room temperature, even chilled if you like with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, unsweetened cream etc.

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