Cherry Crisp Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 4 cups tart cherries, with pits and stems removed
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup butter, softened

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 in a small mixing bowl, combine crust ingredients with a fork until mixture resembles wet sand. press into the bottom and up the sides of a standard pie plate, using the back of a spoon or fingers.
• 3 combine filling ingredients in a large mixing bowl; set aside until juice begins to form (note: if the cherries are especially juicy, add more cornstarch for thickening. otherwise, the pie filling will not set up well). pour cherry mixture into crust.
• 4 in a small mixing bowl, combine topping ingredients until butter is thoroughly incorporated. with fingers, crumble atop cherry filling.
• 5 bake for 45-60 minutes or until topping is crispy and brown, and filling is bubbly.
• 6 to allow the pie filling to set up well, cool for at least two hours on a wire rack.
• 7 cut into eight slices to serve. if desired, garnish each slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.