This recipe for cherry crisp uses fresh, tart cherries for an amazing homemade taste! Serve it warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and you have a dessert that can't be beat!
Ingredients
- brown sugar: 1 cup
- all-purpose flour: 1 cup
- quick-cooking oats: 0.75 cup
- butter: 0.5 cup (melted)
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- pitted tart red cherries: 4 cups
- water: 1 cup
- white sugar: 1 cup
- cornstarch: 2 Tbsp
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Mix brown sugar, flour, oats, butter, and cinnamon together in a bowl until crumbly. Press half the mixture into the bottom of an 8x8-inch pan; top with cherries.
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Combine water, white sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla extract in a saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved and syrup is clear, about 5 minutes. Pour syrup over cherries; top with remaining brown sugar-oat mixture.
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Bake in the preheated oven until topping is browned and cherry filling is bubbling, 30 to 35 minutes.
