You can try several variations of this, like using blueberries instead of cherries. Serve warm with ice cream.
Ingredients
- white sugar: 0.5 cup
- cornstarch: 2 Tbsp
- ground cinnamon: 0.5 tsp
- water: 0.75 cup
- bag frozen pitted dark sweet cherries: 1 piece (12 ounce, thawed)
- butter: 1 Tbsp
- all-purpose flour: 1 cup
- white sugar: 0.25 cup (divided)
- baking powder: 2 tsp
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- milk: 0.5 cup
- shortening: 3 Tbsp
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
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Combine 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon in a large saucepan; stir in water until mixture is smooth. Add cherries and butter to sugar mixture and bring to a boil; cook and stir until cherry mixture is thickened, about 2 minutes. Pour cherry filling into the prepared baking dish.
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Mix flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; cut in shortening using a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir milk into flour mixture until topping is just moistened. Drop topping by spoonfuls over cherry filling; sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons sugar over topping.
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Bake in the preheated oven until topping is golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes.
