The oatmeal mixture was really thick, but I like my crisp topping to be thick, so I was okay with it.

Unfortunately, cutting in the butter did not work; the topping didn't bake correctly at all. I should have spread the dry ingredients over the fruit then melted the butter and poured it over everything. I've done that before with other crisps and it worked great.

Also, this recipe calls for way too much brown sugar. Next time I would do 2 to 1 white to brown sugar.

I added about 1/2 tsp salt. Salt is so basic to baking and cooking. I would suggest adding it to the recipe pronto.

The time making this recipe comes in peeling the fruit. The dry mix was a lot more than the fruit so I saved it for the next batch. It did not effect the mixture. The flavor was a good mixture of sweet and tart.