{"id":619,"date":"2009-07-17T14:06:29","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T14:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/07\/easiest-fruit-crisp-topping-recipe-ever.html"},"modified":"2009-07-17T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T14:06:29","slug":"easiest-fruit-crisp-topping-recipe-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/07\/easiest-fruit-crisp-topping-recipe-ever.html","title":{"rendered":"Easiest Fruit Crisp Topping Recipe Ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/search.blog.beliefnet.com\/cgi-bin\/mt\/mt-search.cgi?search=foodie+friday&amp;IncludeBlogs=136&amp;Go.x=0&amp;Go.y=0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"cherries bunches.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/07\/cherries%20bunches-thumb-155x102-6464.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"102\" width=\"155\" \/><\/a><\/span>Yum, you guys.&nbsp; For today&#8217;s Foodie Friday tidbit, I have the greatest, easiest summer fruit crisp topping you will ever encounter.&nbsp; I used it over the pound of fabulous organic cherries that were on sale at Whole Foods this week.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I stirred 1\/3 c of sugar, a little cornstarch, a blob of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/03\/in-praise-of-vanilla-bean-paste.html\">vanilla bean paste<\/a>, and a sprinkle of cinnamon into the cherries and put them into a small round baking dish.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I contemplated the topping.&nbsp; Oatmeal?&nbsp; Brown sugar?&nbsp; Or, EASIEST RECIPE EVER?&nbsp; Here it is, in all its 2-ingredient glory:<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Easy Fruit Crisp Topping<\/u><\/b><br \/>Pulse 20 ginger snap cookies (I used the 365 Whole Foods brand) in a food processor.&nbsp;&nbsp; Add 3 T of cold butter, cut into chunks, and pulse until the mixture looks like sand.&nbsp; Grab handfuls of the topping and crumble it on top of the fruit.&nbsp; Bake at 350 until bubbly, which was about 50 minutes for my cherries.<\/p>\n<p>Vanilla ice cream is NOT optional. Neither are happy-yummy noises.&nbsp; Happy Foodie Friday<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.blog.beliefnet.com\/cgi-bin\/mt\/mt-search.cgi?search=foodie+friday&amp;IncludeBlogs=136&amp;Go.x=0&amp;Go.y=0\">Want more Foodie Friday tidbits?&nbsp; Click here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(image via: <a href=\"http:\/\/boards.dallasstars.com\/index.php?showtopic=764039&amp;st=60\">http:\/\/boards.dallasstars.com\/index.php?showtopic=764039&amp;st=60<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.blog.beliefnet.com\/cgi-bin\/mt\/mt-search.cgi?search=foodie+friday&amp;IncludeBlogs=136&amp;Go.x=0&amp;Go.y=0\">&nbsp; <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yum, you guys.&nbsp; For today&#8217;s Foodie Friday tidbit, I have the greatest, easiest summer fruit crisp topping you will ever encounter.&nbsp; I used it over the pound of fabulous organic cherries that were on sale at Whole Foods this week.&nbsp; I stirred 1\/3 c of sugar, a little cornstarch, a blob of vanilla bean paste,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,72],"tags":[630,135,631,161],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-by-holly-lebowitz-rossi","category-food","tag-cherry-crisp","tag-foodie-friday","tag-ginger-snaps","tag-recipes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Easiest Fruit Crisp Topping Recipe Ever! 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