Cranberry blueberry crisp is the perfect seasonal dessert for your holiday table. This recipe is dairy free, gluten free, and vegan, so all can enjoy it! This buttery, warm dessert is the perfect combination of sweet, tart, deliciousness.
Don’t you just love it when you start to see holiday ingredients in the grocery store?
I love to see gingerbread houses, fruitcake, and egg nog start to appear on the shelves. And also pomegranates, and lots of citrus, and cranberries, of course.
I usually only buy cranberries to make a cranberry relish for Thanksgiving, but one year I decided to buy an extra bag and make a dessert with them. I was thinking of putting them in a pie, but then I decided a cranberry blueberry crisp was the way to go. I like pie, but I LOVE crisp…I can’t get over a crunchy crumb topping.
I decided to add blueberries to the crisp, and I loved the way they looked with the bright red cranberries.
This crisp can be made in the morning on Thanksgiving, and it only takes a minute to mix up and about a half hour to bake. Then your oven is free for all the other things you need to make!
Ingredient Notes
- Cranberries – Either fresh or frozen cranberries will work well. You can find the fresh cranberries in the produce section at the grocery store.
- Blueberries – Fresh or frozen blueberries are fine in this recipe. I tend to use frozen blueberries because I usually make this in the winter months.
- Certified Gluten Free Oats – If you’re gluten free, be sure to purchase certified gluten free oats. We like GF Harvest brand, which can be ordered from Amazon, but there are many brands available.
- Gluten Free Flour Blend – Namaste Perfect Flour Blend works well for making this crisp topping.
- Vegan Buttery Spread – We like Earth Balance Soy Free Vegan Buttery Spread, but you can use a different brand of vegan butter if that works for you.
Substitutions
- If you don’t like cranberries, you can use raspberries or cherries instead.
- If you don’t want to add blueberries, you can add a different berry, or even some apples, like in my cranberry apple crisp recipe.
- If you are able to eat dairy, feel free to use regular butter.
Serving Suggestions
This dessert is just delicious with dairy free vanilla ice cream or coconut whipped cream on top.
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Recipe
Cranberry Blueberry Crisp.
Ingredients
- 2 cups frozen blueberries
- 1 ½ cups fresh cranberries
- 3 Tablespoons organic cane sugar
- ¾ cups brown sugar
- 7 Tablespoons vegan buttery spread cut into small cubes
- ½ cup gluten free flour blend or regular flour if you don’t need to be gluten free
- 1 cup certified gluten free oats
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Rinse and drain the cranberries and place them and the frozen blueberries in a square baking dish. Sprinkle with the 3 Tablespoons of sugar.
- In a large bowl, combine the certified gluten free oats, gluten free flour blend, cinnamon, and brown sugar.
- Add the vegan buttery spread, and mix together using a pastry cutter until it resembles a crumb topping.
- Spread the crumb topping over the berries and bake at 375 degrees F for about 35 minutes or until the berries are bubbly and the crumb topping is lightly browned.
Maranda
I wanted to make this the night before thanksgiving day. How well does it store?
Kelly Roenicke
This should be fine to make the night before. Just store in the refrigerator overnight.
Alyssa
Looks delicious! Can I substitute regular butter instead of the vegan buttery spread? Can’t wait to try it :)
Kelly
Can you use fresh blueberries instead of frozen. Do you need to add anything with fresh blueberries?
Kelly Roenicke
Fresh will be fine!
becky
I can’t find the Bob’s gluten free biscuit mix in my town what other blend could I use?
Marnie
This is my first gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free Thanksgiving. It’s tough to say no to (or try to find replacements for) all the good Thanksgiving food that I know and enjoy. I tried this recipe a couple of days ago with some family and everyone was really impressed. This is going to to replace the usual pumpkin pie on our Thanksgiving table tomorrow and I think it will be a big hit. Thank you!!
Kelly
I am so glad that you liked it! Thank you for letting me know! Happy Thanksgiving!
gretchen | kumquat
i love the cranberry-blueberry combo… and that fits nicely into my new preoccupation with wild blueberries too. this crisp looks like my perfect end to a thanksgiving meal… no offense to pumpkin and all, but i’m just about over it for the season.
Graham @ Glazed & Confused
Cranberries everywhere!
Alessandra @ the foodie teen
Love the fun use of cranberries in this! Yum!
Jessica Levinson (@jlevinsonrd)
Such a pretty and tasty combo and east to make too! I’m not making Thanksgiving this year, but always make my Pumpkin Bread this time of year and will certainly be making my orange-ginger cranberry sauce too!
Kelly
Wow, both of those sound delicious!
Sarah@WholeandHeavenlyOven
That first photo of the blueberries and cranberries is SO gorgeous, Kelly! I love love the contrast of the red against blue in this crisp! Perfect for holidays. :) Pinned!
Kelly
Thank you so much, Sarah! You’re too kind!
Lisa
I love the gradual transition into holiday food as well! I particularly love baked crisps at this time of the year!
Natalie @ Tastes Lovely
I just noticed cranberries at the grocery store for the first time too! It got me so excited for the holidays. This crisp sounds delicious!
Julia
My favorite part about the holidays is all of the holiday ingredients on shelves. The store I shop at has those scented pine cones that smell like apple cinnamon, and it makes shopping sooooo pleasant! Love it. This crisp looks absolutely fantastic, girl!
Kelly
Oooh, I love scented pine cones! So nice! Thanks, Julia!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Love this! I really need to make a fruit crisp this year!
Kelly
Thanks, Rebecca!
Kristine @ Kristine's Kitchen
I love the tart, bright cranberries in this crisp! We’ll be having pumpkin pie; I just can’t resist a slice of pie on Thanksgiving!
Kelly
You can’t go wrong with pumpkin pie!