Mixed Berry & Granola Galette

I have just what you need to impress Mom this weekend.

The perfect Mother’s Day treat!

This mixed berry and granola galette is as delicious as it is gorgeous, and it belongs on your Mother’s Day menu. You can serve it warm or at room temperature, or for brunch or dessert.

One thing’s for sure: it’s an impressive dish any which way!

I have talked about this at length before, but I loathe making homemade pie dough. I’ve had success only a handful of times, and I’m convinced it’s because I did not grow up in a pie household.

My mom did not make pie. My grandmother did not make pie. At least not from scratch! I don’t have that tried-and-true family pie dough recipe to rely on.

And when you visit the interwebs for a basic pie dough recipe, it’s completely overwhelming! So many opinions. So many different options.

It’s all too much.

One thing I HAVE mastered and use all the time is a simple crostata/galette pastry dough. I’m not sure how it would work in a pie, but the less fussy, more forgiving free-form pie-like pastries are where my heart is anyway.

This galette’s crust is super simple to make and if I can do it, so can you!

The dough has both butter and cream cheese in it, and it’s made in a food processor. Very hands off. Very hard to mess up.

The process is pretty straight forward. Add the cold butter and cream cheese to the dry ingredients and pulse the machine until those infamous pea-sized bits of butter form. Add in just enough ice cold water to bring the dough together. That’s it! No kneading. No fussing.

I promise you: it’s so easy.

Once the dough is formed, we chill it in the fridge for a bit and prep the filling.

The filling uses any type of berry you prefer! I love a mix of blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. Strawberries would be fantastic, too – just make sure to dice them so they are a similar size to the other berries.

The berries get tossed gently in some lemon juice, sugar, cornstarch, and pinch of salt for flavor. And then we add in some granola!

Yes, granola.

I wanted this galette to have some texture and crunch, and I thought maybe adding some toasted nuts would do the trick. But I wanted it to be more interesting than that!

I always have granola in my house, whether it’s store-bought or homemade. It made for a delicious and texturally exciting addition here. Granola already has its own spices and toasty caramely flavor, so it works wonderfully with the sweet and juicy berries.

We all know this from eating granola and berry breakfast parfaits! They just go together.

The galette is formed by rolling out the dough, adding the filling, and folding up the edges of the dough to create a crust. Free form! No fuss! My kind of pie.

I like to brush the edges of the dough with egg wash and then douse it in a healthy sprinkling of raw sugar. The crunch and sweetness this gives to the crust is unmatched. LOVE IT.

The galette gets baked until golden around the edges and the berries are bursting and juicy. It is a sight to behold!

All that’s left to do is let it cool a bit, top with more granola, a dollop of yogurt or ice cream, and serve!

I adore desserts like this. They’re easy but so impressive. People, particularly Mom, will be thrilled when you bring this to the breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner table.

You can keep your fancy pie dough, guys. This is all I need!

Happy (early) Mother’s Day to all my fellow badass mamas out there. Eat some galette and relax this weekend!

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