Cherry Crumble made with Fresh Cherries, Oats and Almonds…!! Crunchy on the Top n Juicy on the Inside… A Delicious Fruit Dessert…!
So what’s a crumble actually? Crumbles or Crisp are cooked fruits with a topping made with flour, butter and sugar, which is basically crumbled and crunchy. The best part of a crumble is, you can customize it in a million ways:
- Use any summer fruits like Cherry, Berries, Plum, Peach, Apple or Rhubarb.
- Replace the flour with whole wheat flour, tapioca flour or almond meal.
- Vary the toppings with your choice of oats, cereal or desiccated coconut.
- Vary your nut toppings with almonds, pecans or walnuts.
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- 2 cups of fresh cherries (pitted)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- ½ cup old fashioned oats
- ½ cup flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter (softened at room temp, cut into small cubes)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar (to sprinkle)
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Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
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Grease a baking pan with butter, keep aside.
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To prepare the filling, add lemon juice, vanilla, brown sugar and corn starch into a bowl. Toss pitted cherries in it, set aside.
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In another bowl mix oats, flour, brown sugar and salt. Add the cubed butter pieces and mix together using your hands until the topping mixture turns into a coarse crumble form.
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Pour the prepared filling into the baking pan. Spoon the topping over filling evenly. Top with sliced almonds and sprinkle granulated sugar.
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Bake for 35-40 minutes until the topping turns crusty and golden brown, and the filling starts to bubble.
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Remove from the oven and allow it to cool down to room temperature.
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Serve with Vanilla Ice Cream (optional).