Categories: Dessert, fruit, not tried
Ingredients
- Filling:
- 5 cups dark sweet pitted cherries OR 2 bags (12 oz each) frozen pitted cherries, not thawed
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- pinch ground nutmeg
- Topping:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- pinch ground nutmeg
- pinch salt
- 6 tbsp (3/4 stick) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- Vanilla ice cream or whipped topping
Directions
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Filling: Mix 1 cup cherries, sugar, water, cornstarch and nutmeg in saucepan. Heat over medium-high heat, stirring, until clear and thick, 8-10 minutes. In large bowl, stir thickened mixture into remaining cherries. Refrigerate covered.
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Topping: Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt in large bowl. Using fingertips, rub butter into flour mixture until coarse crumbs form. Cover; refrigerate until ready to use.
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eat oven to 350. Grease 2-quart baking dish. Spoon cherry mixture into dish. Stir oats into topping mixture. Sprinkle over filling.
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Bake at 350 45-50 minutes, until filling is bubbly and top is browned. Let dish cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.