This Strawberry Apple Crisp with Oatmeal Streusel Topping will convince you to never have just one fruit in your fruit crisp again. The textures of the crunchy apples with the sweet juicy strawberries AND a thick crumbly oat topping is exactly the combination you’re looking for. It’s gluten-free & dairy-free (and you can’t even tell!)
About this dessert
After making a two fruit, fruit crisp, I’m never having a single fruit, fruit crisp again. The added texture and flavor element of adding strawberries to an apple crisp is something I wish I’d discovered sooner.
The combination of fruit also allows you to take advantage of seasonal fruit during two seasons! Use sweet, local strawberries during the summer and juicy, orchard apples when it turns fall. The seasonal fruit will really come through and elevate your Strawberry Apple Crisp, highlighting whichever is the fresher of the two at that time.
Serve this Strawberry Apple Crisp at your next summer dinner party or even at your Thanksgiving table. Or enjoy how I did: straight out of the baking dish and all to myself. Need a winter version? Check out this Apple Cranberry Crisp, instead.
And if you love this Crisp, I think you’ll also love these Strawberry Cinnamon Rolls or Cinnamon Rolls with Apple Pie Filling, too!
Recipe Ingredients
- Apples – You can use a variety of options. I often go apple picking with my family in Michigan and use a variety we hand pick. Fuji, Jonagold, or Honeycrisp are all good options.
- Fresh Strawberries – There’s nothing quite like fresh summer berries. If you can find some grown locally, it really takes this fruit crisp to the next level.
- Tapioca Flour – This will thicken the juices from the fruit to give a syrup-like slurry when the crisp bakes. You can also use cornstarch if you’re not gluten-free.
- Gluten-Free Old Fashioned Oats – The base of our streusel topping. It crisps up nicely in the oven. Don’t use quick oats, they’ll become mushy when baked.
- Butter – This is the binder for our crumb topping. You can also use coconut oil.
- Ground Cinnamon – A classic streusel spice that pairs well with the apple.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
How to Make This Recipe
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a pie dish with cooking spray, butter, or coconut oil.
2. Wash the apples and strawberries. Remove the core from the apples and slice into very thin pieces. Peel the apples if desired. Remove the stem from the strawberries and cut into thin slices.
3. Place fruit in a large mixing bowl and toss with cornstarch, white sugar, lemon extract, and lemon zest.
4. Pour the coated fruit mixture into the greased pie dish.
5. In that same mixing bowl, add all of the dry ingredients: brown sugar, oats, flour, cinnamon, and salt. Toss them together, and then pour in the cubed, softened butter and toss until everything is coated and a crumble like texture is achieved.
6. Then, pour the Oatmeal Streusel Topping onto fruit and use your hands to spread the crumble around for an even distribution.
7. Then cover the fruit crisp with tin foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the tinfoil and then bake for another 20 minutes until the fruit is tender.
8. Enjoy warm – top with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or just with a spoon! It’s so delicious!
Storage and Reheating
How do you store apple crisp? You can store it in the pie dish you baked it in covered with cling wrap in the refrigerator. Or transfer to an airtight container for up to 5 days.
How do you reheat fruit crisp? It’s best to reheat this Strawberry Apple Crisp in an oven safe dish in the oven at 400°F for 8-10 minutes. This will ensure the oat topping stays crispy. You can also reheat in the microwave in 30 second intervals, but note the streusel topping will be more crumbly.
Can you freeze apple crisp? You can definitely freeze this Strawberry Apple Crisp. Cover the pie dish tightly with plastic wrap and then a layer of aluminum foil. It will last up to three months. Thaw overnight in the fridge, then reheat in the oven at 400°F for 8-10 minutes to ensure your oatmeal streusel topping stays crispy.
Recipe FAQs
A Crumble typically doesn’t contain oats, whereas a crisp does have oats (like in this Strawberry Apple Crisp recipe). A crumble has softer topping basically made up of just butter, sugar, and flour.
Don’t stop at Strawberry and Apple. Follow the same recipe and try some of these other delicious fruit duos:
• Cherry Apple Crisp
• Blueberry Strawberry Crisp
• Blackberry Raspberry Crisp
• Peach Mango Crisp
• Pear Apple Crisp
Replace the tinfoil on top of your crisp for the last bit of baking if you notice the top starting to burn. Also, make sure the coconut oil is evenly coating all of the streusel before adding it to your dessert. The oil’s moisture will also help the streusel from browning too quickly.
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Strawberry Apple Crisp with Oatmeal Streusel Topping
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- strainer
- Wooden Spoon
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Knife
- Cutting Board
- Pie dish
Ingredients
Filling
- 3-4 Apples, Braeburn, Fuji, Jonagold are all great options
- 3 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 2 tbsp cornstarch, sub tapioca flour
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp lemon extract
- 1/2 tsp lemon zest
For the Oatmeal Streusel Topping
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened, cut in cubes
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a pie dish with cooking spray.
- Wash the apples and strawberries. Remove the core from the apples and slice into very thin pieces. I like apples baked with their skin on; however, remove the skin prior to baking if desired. Hull the strawberries and cut into thin slices.
- Place fruit in a large mixing bowl and toss with cornstarch, white sugar, lemon extract, and lemon zest.
- Pour the coated fruit mixture into the greased pie dish. In that same mixing bowl, add all of the dry ingredients: brown sugar, oats, flour, cinnamon, and salt.
- Toss them together, and then add softened cubed butter. Fold together until all dry ingredients are coated with the oil. It will be a crumble-like texture.
- Pour Oatmeal Streusel Topping onto fruit and use your hands to spread the crumble around for an even distribution.
- Cover the fruit crisp with tin foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the tinfoil and then bake for another 20 minutes until the fruit is tender.
- Enjoy warm – top with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or just with a spoon!
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I want to tell everyone I know to make this incredibly easy, delicious dessert. IT’S FABULOUS!
I did strawberry, apple, AND blackberry. This crisp is incredible and so customizable! Going to make with peaches and strawberries next 🙂
I used two baskets of strawberries from the Farmers market with 2 gala apples. It was so easy to make and so good!! I love the lemon in there too. It gives off a sweet and slightly tart strawberry lemonade flavor.
So tasty! Made this for a summer backyard picnic and it was a huge hit. It was a refreshing fruity summer dessert that everyone loved! Definitely going to make it again and maybe even try with two new fruits! Yum!
This was so delicious, the perfect summer dessert! Good job Paige
So incredibly delicious and easy to make
I made this for my family for mother’s day and they loved it!!
Love to hear it! Thanks for making it, Caroline!
What a great flavor combo! I’m a huge apple crisp fan and adding in the strawberries is a great compliment. The flavors work great together! Prepared dish goes fast!
Delicious. Loved the lemon coming through. Make sure you get your share the first time around….leftovers vanish quickly.
loveeeeee this recipe! have made it 3 times now with some variations depending what fruits I have and have loved them all- currently got a peach version in the oven!
Made this for breakfast this morning and it was so delicious and refreshing! Will be making again🤩
my kind of breakfast!!