Berry Weird Summer?

Pleasures of summer certainly feature fresh berries. The usual chain of berry availability is strawberry, raspberry, then blueberry. But the wet, cold spring followed by some very hot weather has caused the berries to ripen all at once. What’s a baker to do?

Could this Triple Berry Crisp prompt the pleasures of this painting—or is something else overflowing from Ceres’s cornucopia?

—Jill Meyer, advancement

August 7

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups strawberries (sliced) 

1 ½ cups blueberries 

1 ½ cups raspberries 

¼ tsp cinnamon 

1 tsp lemon zest 

2 tsp cornstarch 

¼ cup sugar (or agave nectar) 

1 cup quick oats (Quaker) 

½ cup whole wheat flour 

½ cup light brown sugar (unpacked) 

¾ tsp cinnamon 

¼ cup stick butter (half, melted) 

Ingredients

1 ½ cups strawberries (sliced) 

1 ½ cups blueberries 

1 ½ cups raspberries 

¼ tsp cinnamon 

1 tsp lemon zest 

2 tsp cornstarch 

¼ cup sugar (or agave nectar) 

1 cup quick oats (Quaker) 

½ cup whole wheat flour 

½ cup light brown sugar (unpacked) 

¾ tsp cinnamon 

¼ cup stick butter (half, melted) 

Source: yummly.com/recipe/Triple-berry-crisp-352474