Are you crazy for cobblers and crisps?

Take advantage of summer’s bounty of beautiful berries and stone fruits for baking up delicious and light summer treats. Summer fruits make the most mouth-watering desserts, especially berry cobblers and crisps.

Instead of always going for the high calorie/fat/sodium frozen cobbler on a summer’s night, use your fresh berries/nectarines to bake a healthy, quick and easy cobbler with no sugar or butter, as featured in this week’s recipe, Nectarine Berry Cobbler.

Nectarine Berry Cobbler Recipe

Vegan cobbler with no added butter. 

Yield: 6 servings (1/2 cup per serving)

Ingredients:

• 4 Tablespoons of pure maple syrup
• 2 nectarines, pitted and chopped
• 2 cups of mixed berries (pitted cherries, blueberries, blackberries, etc.)
• ¾ cup rolled oats
• ½ cup almond meal
• 2 tsp of ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp of salt

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 375º F. Grease a 9 x9’’ pan with canola oil. In a small bowl, mix the fruit and 2 tablespoons of maple syrup.

Pour the fruit mixture in to the greased pan and spread out to the pan’s edges and corners.

In another small bowl, mix the dry ingredients (oats, almond meal, cinnamon, and salt) and pour over the fruit mixture.

Lastly, drizzle 2 Tablespoons of maple syrup over the oat mixture.

Place the cobbler in the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes until the top is slightly browned.

Let the cobbler sit and cool for 10-15 minutes before serving with a scoop of vanilla yogurt or ice cream. 

Nutrition Information Per Serving:

Calories: 170 kcal, Fat: 6g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Carbohydrate: 29 g, Dietary Fiber: 5g, Protein: 4g, Sodium: 97 mg

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