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Do you ever go to the market and toss way too much produce into your cart? I do this all too often, but I just cannot resist summer fruits like peaches, nectarines and cherries!
Sometimes I find myself ripping open the bag of cherries on the way home and ever so discreetly spit the pits out the window…did I just admit to that? That’s okay… we’re all friends here!
Sunday evening I found my refrigerator overflowing with beautiful cherries and decided to throw something together to use them up before they got fuzzy. I ended up making individual cherry crisps. They turned out fantastic and were even better topped with vanilla bean ice cream.
This Fresh Cherry Crisp held up really well in the fridge and were just as good warmed in the microwave the next day. The boyfriend loved the topping so much he has been begging me to make more for ice cream sundaes!
Fresh Cherry Crisp
Ingredients
- ½ cup quick cooking oats
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour divided
- ⅛ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup butter melted
- 2 cups pitted sour cherries
- ½ cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray four ramekins with non-stick cooking spray.
- Combine oats, 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, baking powder and baking soda together in a medium bowl. Whisk together well to evenly combine.
- Add brown sugar and melted butter to the flour mixture and mix well to form a clumpy dough. Set aside.
- In another bowl combine pitted cherries, granulated sugar and 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour. Mix well so the cherries are coated with the flour and sugar. Divide them between the four sprayed ramekins.
- Cover cherries with crisp topping, dividing it evenly between the four ramekins.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, until crisp topping is golden brown.
Notes
- You can easily double this recipe and prepare in one 9"x13" baking dish.
This is the best crisp recipe!!! mmmm so good! my new go to recipe in the summer and fall!
That was sooooo good! My wonderful hubby was allowed to pick clean the cherry tree of one of his customers and he brought home 2 full coolers…I mean I was giving away ice-cream buckets of cherries…my friends were very thankful :-)
I have made many fruit crisps before but never with cherries so I Googled for a recipe and landed on yours which I liked because it had oats in it.
Thought you might like to know the few changes I made. First, I did double up and make it in a 13×9; my cherries were not sour but sweet black ones (Bing I think); I did not have brown sugar so just used granular; I added a little cinnamon to the cherry mix and then a little more cinnamon and nutmeg to the topping. Finally, I used up some frozen raspberries and some rhubarb that I had, about a cup of each and then 2 cups of cherries…and that's it!
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I made this today and it was delish. The topping is so yummy – buttery and crunchy – and I can't wait to try it on other fruits. Thanks for the recipe!
this is really making me want to make a crisp, cobbler, etc., anything with fruit on the bottom and yum on the top.
I've been overdosing on cherries lately – they're just so good! And even better in this lovely crisp – yum!
Just got some great cherries on sale. This looks SO GOOD!
Rotting fruit on my counter right now. ;)
Holy cow, that is the best looking crisp I've ever seen. Cherry is probably my favorite. The topping looks awesome and I LOVE the dish you have it in!
Note to self: Must buy some cherries!!!
Sounds and looks yummy! Good call on adding vanilla ice cream to take it over the edge!
Btw, I read your guest post….very nice!
~ingrid
Hi!
I love your blog! I've got a little award for you on my blog :)
Darla
LOL! Jamie with a baking addiction? And who loves cherries? We must've been separated at birth!
Cherries are my favorite favorite fruit and I love crumbles and crisps. I must make this beautiful dessert!