It takes just 15 minutes to prepare this delicious Coconut Blueberry Crisp featuring warm, bubbly blueberries capped by a crunchy cap of oats and coconut.
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Original content posted August 2016. Updated April 2021.
This is totally one of those situations where I had too much of something on hand and needed to find a way to use it. Stat. Specifically, blueberries had been on mega-sale so I bought a bit too much and then got more in our weekly produce delivery. Oops!
I knew we weren’t going to eat them quick enough so into a baking dish they went. This Coconut Blueberry Crisp was the end result and I loved it so much, I think I’m going to overbuy blueberries from now until eternity.
I’ll admit, I’m normally a chocolate dessert type of gal, but I swear this fruit crisp might just make me change my ways. The fact that there’s no cutting or chopping of fruit involved means that it’s a totally low maintenance type of dessert as well. Another check in the pro-blueberry crisp column.
Warm, bubbly blueberries are capped by a crunchy cap of oats and coconut to create this delicious Coconut Blueberry Crisp. Obviously, it’s perfectly paired with a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream. The rivers of cool ice cream that snake around the streusel-like topping? Heaven, I tell you. Absolute, heaven.
Should You Use Sweetened or Unsweetened Coconut?
When shopping for recipe ingredients, make sure you grab the unsweetened coconut flakes, NOT the sweetened. They’re right next door to each other on the grocery store shelves except one is in large, pretty flakes and the other is often clumped together within the bag.
The unsweetened flakes are perfect in this recipe as the blueberries are naturally sweet and the crisp topping doesn’t need any additional sugar. Large, pretty flakes it is! Plus the unsweetened coconut flakes have no other ingredients listed except coconut. Just as it should be.
How to Make Coconut Blueberry Crisp
[1] In a 1.5 quart baking dish, add blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, orange zest, orange juice and salt.
[2] Toss together to combine.
[3] In the bowl of a food processor, add oats, flour, brown sugar salt and butter.
[4] Pulse together until just combined.
[5] Remove blade from food processor and add coconut flakes.
[6] Stir together to combine.
[7] Spoon oat topping over blueberries.
[8] Place baking dish on a baking sheet and bake for 60-70 minutes at 375 degrees or until bubbling and coconut topping is golden brown.
Allow to cool on a wire rack for one hour. If desired, garnish with additional coconut flakes prior to serving.
Do You Need to Refrigerate Blueberry Crisp?
Nope! Simply cover it with foil and it will keep at room temperature for up to three days.
And if you still have any Coconut Blueberry Crisp remaining after three days, consider me impressed! It never lasts that long at my house.
What Can You Do with Overripe Blueberries?
What happened to the rest of those blueberries I needed to use? Some made it into my ultra decadent One Bowl Blueberry Brownies. They’re one of my absolute favorite desserts. I also had enough to make a dozen of my Yogurt Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins to enjoy for breakfast tomorrow alongside my Blueberry Lemon Almond Coffee Cake.
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Coconut Blueberry Crisp
Ingredients
- 8 cups fresh blueberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- pinch salt
- 3/4 cups old fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons butter chilled, cut into small pieces
- 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut flakes + more for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a 1.5 quart baking dish, add blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, orange zest, orange juice and salt.
- Toss together to combine.
- In the bowl of a food processor, add oats, flour, brown sugar salt and butter.
- Pulse together until just combined.
- Remove blade from food processor and add coconut flakes.
- Stir together to combine.
- Spoon oat topping over blueberries.
- Place baking dish on a baking sheet and bake for 60-70 minutes or until bubbling and coconut topping is golden brown.
- Allow to cool on a wire rack for one hour. If desired, garnish with additional coconut flakes prior to serving.
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