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Ingredients:
- berries of choice <-- a good mix is strawberries (for how delicious they are), raspberries (for tartness), and blackberries (to add depth)
- caster sugar <-- optional for the crumble; more sweet means more sugar, and natural sweetness is no sugar used
- starch <-- doesn't matter what kind; corn, rice, potato, tapioca, etc.
- oatmeal
- brown sugar
- flour
- butter
- baking dish with sides

Directions:
Toss the berries in enough starch to lightly coat them--this prevents liquid from pooling at the bottom of your crumble. If you want a sweeter dessert, also add in some caster sugar, otherwise you can skip this. Spread out the berries in the baking dish. For the crumble on top, mix together equal parts flour and oatmeal, with about a third as much brown sugar and butter. Ideally, you want the mixture to clump together so that you can drop bits of it on top of the berry mixture in the baking dish. If it's too sticky and wet, you might have too much butter, so just add more oatmeal/flour and vice-versa. Then bake at 350º until the crumble looks brown and cooked.

You can enjoy this hot out of the oven, but you won't be able to taste anything for three days so hold your horses.

I don't really measure things out because I cook often and adjust as I need. Fortune favors the brave, but sometimes it doesn't. Ice cream can cure a baking mistake so have fun.