I LOVED Christy’s comment/suggestion that she left on the Healthy Fruit Crisp post regarding how she makes a Crumb Topping ahead of time:
I melt the butter, then make a huge batch of crumb topping, pop it in a freezer bag, and stick it in the freezer. It is great to have on hand since a basic crumb topping will work for coffee cake, muffins, quick breads, and fruit crisp. I figure if I already have the crumb topping done, then I am half way to a great breakfast/dessert item!
Is she the smartest or what??!
Just in case you hadn’t read that comment, I wanted to make sure you all knew of that wonderful tip. When I was making Mini Apple Pies last week, I went ahead and made a big batch of crumb topping for future use. LOVE. IT.
Here again is how I make Crumb Topping:
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup sucanat or brown sugar
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
1/4 cup butter (MELTED, if you recall)
1/4 cup chopped nuts or coconut flakes (also optional)
Mix together oats, sucanat, flour and cinnamon. Stir in melted butter and joy upon joy, it creates crumbs with little to no effort. Add nuts or coconut flakes.
Just double or triple or quadrupal…or whatever…the recipe and have it ready to go!
I’ve learned so many great ideas from so many of you. I sure am glad all of you are so smart!
Yup! I do this! I also pre-make the apple pie filling and freeze it, too. I can whip up an apple crisp or pie without doing a thing.
great idea!
So do you refrigerate or freeze it? I wasn’t sure how long it would last in the fridge. (not a lot of freezer space at my house).
You can refrigerate or freeze it either way. I actually just put mine on my pantry shelf. During the fall and winter, my kitchen is quite cool so I feel like mine will be fine here as long as I don’t take too long to use it up!
I love it! I will definitely make a bug batch for future use.
Great tip- love it! :)
You DO have brilliant readers!! :)
Eeep, I’m totally ripping off this idea! I can even put the kids to work mushing the ingredients together on a slow day and not when I’m in a hurry to get things in the oven. :D
Great idea! I love it. I need to put my kiddos to work.
That is a genius idea! And freeze it on cookie sheets first so you can grab handfuls at a time.
I don’t have too much trouble with it clumping up when I freeze it.
I use the cookie sheet method for other items, but not for this.
Could I use this on a sweet potato pie? We had this once but have neber been able to find the receipe.
I’ve never made a sweet potato pie, but I don’t know why this wouldn’t work!