This Cherry Crisp recipe is the perfect summer dessert. Bake fresh cherries with a simple crumble topping and top with vanilla ice cream.
Weeknight-easy
Minimal prep
You’ll Learn: How to build a restaurant-quality crumble
Worth It: It’s a satisfying, crowd-pleasing desert great for gatherings or your own enjoyment
Bonus: Freezes and reheats well
Why you’ll love this recipe
- Early summer sweets – Each year cherry season is short and sweet so while they are in season I like to cook with them as much as possible. This simple cherry crisp highlights the incredible flavor bursting from fresh cherries. Just slice cherries in half and top them with a simple crumble topping.
- Perfect for a backyard BBQ – I love bringing a fresh cherry crisp to a barbecue. It is always a crowd favorite.
- Easy baking – If you are not a confident baker, crisps are a great option! They use a crispy topping rather than a pie crust for easy preparation. Crisps are just about foolproof and totally delicious.
Serving Suggestions
I think this simple cherry crisp is best served as a dessert with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. Be sure to serve it warm so that the ice cream can melt slightly.It is also a delicious afternoon snack alongside a cup of coffee or tea.
If I was serving this cherry crisp recipe as a snack with coffee, then I would definitely serve it with some homemade whipped cream. Add a little extra protein and calcium to this dessert and serve it with some greek yogurt instead of ice cream.
This cherry crisp is perfect for those early summer nights and weekends when you’re grilling everything. Serve it with grilled watermelon salad, some grilled chicken thighs or steak, and some sweet potato wedges. For a batch drink, you can make this peach sangria recipe or a watermelon vodka cocktail.
For another crisp option, try this peach crisp. Or for another fruit dessert, try these mixed berry crumb bars.
Ingredients
- Fresh cherries – there is nothing better than in season, fresh cherries for this crisp
- Corn starch – the corn starch helps thicken the juice into a syrup-like consistency
- Brown sugar – the brown sugar helps caramelize and sweeten the cherries
- Granulated sugar – the white sugar goes into the topping of your crisp
- Rolled oats – the oats are the base of your crumble topping. Quick oats also work
- All purpose flour – the flour brings the topping together
- Egg – the egg binds all of your crumble ingredients
- Vegetable oil – if you don’t want to use oil to make the crisp topping, feel free to use melted butter instead. Be sure to use unsalted butter
- Vanilla extract – the vanilla adds so much depth of flavor to your topping
- Ground cinnamon – I love the hint of cinnamon in this crisp topping
- Salt – salt enhances all of the flavors in your crust to make it so delicious
Ingredient substitutions
I prefer to use fresh cherries for this cherry crisp while they are in season, but you can also use frozen cherries. Allow the frozen cherries to defrost slightly so they are easy to slice in half.
This easy cherry crisp recipe teaches you how to make a simple homemade cherry pie filling with fresh cherries. You can basically use any fresh fruit mixture in place of the cherries.
You can add a little texture to the topping by adding some nuts. Feel free to add some chopped almonds, chopped walnuts or pecans to make the crisp crunchier. Almond and cherry is one fo my favorite flavor combinations so you could even add 1/2 tsp of almond extract to the crust to intensify the flavor.
To make this recipe gluten free, use a gluten free corn starch or arrowroot starch. Be sure to use gluten free rolled oats and a 1 to 1 gluten free flour substitute.
How to make
Step 1: Prepare cherries
To begin, preheat oven to 375F. Pit cherries and slice in half. Place cherries in a grease a pie plate, baking dish or oven safe skillet.
Then, stir cherries with 1 tbsp brown sugar and 1 tbsp corn starch and set to the side. Some of the natural juices from the cherries will be released as they sit in the sugar mixture.
Step 2: Assemble crisp
Next, in a large bowl, prepare crumble topping by mixing all crumble ingredients together. It should be wet and slightly crumbly.
Then, sprinkle the crumble topping on top of cherries and place in the oven.
Step 3: bake and serve
Bake at 375F for 30 minutes until the top is golden brown.
Finally, remove from oven and allow to cool for about 15 minutes and then spoon vanilla ice cream or whipped cream on top and enjoy.
Storage and reheating
If you have leftovers, you can cover the pie plate and store them in that or transfer to an airtight container.
Store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Reheat servings in the microwave or toaster oven until warmed through.
You can freeze this cherry cobbler too. Double wrap it in plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze for up to 3 months.
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You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!
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Recipe
Cherry Crisp
Ingredients
Filling Ingredients
- 4 heaping cups fresh cherries
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
Crumble Topping Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil I use avocado oil or melted coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F. Pit cherries and slice in half. Place in pie plate or oven safe skillet. Toss cherries with 1 tbsp brown sugar and 1 tbsp corn starch and set to the side.
- Prepare crumble topping by mixing together the egg, oil, sugar, and vanilla. Then, mix in the rolled oats, flour, cinnamon and salt. It should be wet and slightly crumbly.
- Spread crumble topping over top of the cherries. Bake at 375F for 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for about 15 minutes and then serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream
Recipe Notes
- You can use frozen cherries just allow them to defrost slightly before slicing in half and then following the same instructions
- You can use melted butter instead of oil
- To make this gluten free use arrowroot starch, gluten free flour and gluten free rolled oats
Nutrition Information
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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