Cherry Crunch
Ingredients
- 2 15-oz cans pie cherries, drained, reserving 1/2 cup of the juice
- 2 Tbs quick-cooking tapioca
- 1/2 cup butter, melted plus more for buttering the baking dish
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup oatmeal (5 minute kind okay, but not instant)
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Butter a 9x9 baking dish.
- Drain the pie cherries, reserving at least 1/2 cup of the liquid.
- Mix the 1/2 cup cherry juice with the tapioca and let sit while you get everything else ready.
- Melt the 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan or in the microwave, then mix it with the brown sugar, oatmeal, flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
- Put half the oatmeal mix in the buttered baking dish and pat out until the bottom is covered.
- Pour the cherries and tapioca and cherry juice into the dish and spread out.
- Top with the rest of the oatmeal mix.
- Bake 30-35 minutes.
- Great warm and good at room temperature as well.