This easy cherry crisp recipe uses canned cherry pie filling and a few other easy-to-find ingredients. It’s a delicious quick dessert, served with a heaping spoonful of whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Cherry Crisp is an all-American dish, just like berry cobbler and peanut butter pie. Serve this easy-to-make skillet dessert at any summer potluck or on a warm summer night with a dollop of ice cream. If you are looking for more old-fashioned desserts than try out my recipe for old-fashioned apple bread. It’s an old classic that you’re sure to enjoy.
This cherry crisp is easily transformed into apple crisp or blueberry crisp. Just swap out pie fillings to customize this cherry crisp recipe to whatever pie filling you have in the pantry.
Here’s What You’ll Love About this Easy Cherry Crisp
- Quick: Baked in 15 minutes, this is a dessert you can whip up on any given evening you have a sweet tooth
- Easily Modified. Even though this recipe uses cherry filling, this is a quick basic crisp recipe that uses any pie filling. Use whatever flavor you have on hand.
Ingredients
- canned cherry pie filling – Use one or two cans. I used one, but if you really like to go heavy on the fruit, then you can easily use two cans
- Butter for greasing
- Quick Oats – I say quick oats because I usually use them. This particular time, I only had steel-cut oats. Any oats will do for this recipe.
- All-Purpose Flour
- Brown Sugar
- Baking Powder
- Salt – Table salt
- Unsalted Butter – Melted
Equipment Needed
Large Skillet – I like to use a large iron skillet
How to Make Cherry Crisp
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Farhenheit
Rub butter onto the skillet to grease it.
Spread the pie filling
Mix the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, and melted butter in a medium bowl.
Spoon or sprinkle the oat mixture over the pie filling
Bake for 15-20 minutes
Suggested Toppings
Homemade Whipped Cream – Use an electric mixer to whip a small container of heavy cream with small amount of powdered sugar and a dash of vanilla extract
Vanilla Ice Cream
What to Serve With
Other great dishes that go great with this dessert
FAQs
Can You Freeze Cherry Crisp?
Yes, you can! Bake the dessert and allow it to cool completely. Cover it with tightly with a couple of layers of aluminum foil and freeze for up to two months
Do I Have to Use Quick Oats?
The recipe calls of quick oats, but I have used all types of oats in crisp recipes from old-fashioned to steel-cut oats. The only difference will be the texture and tenderness of the oats.
Make Ahead and Storage
You can make this ahead and freeze for up to two months or refrigerate for about one week.
Reheating: Reheat covered with aluminum foil in the oven until warmed through or microwave until warmed through
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Serving Size
This recipe should serve 4-6 people. Of course that is depending on your serving size.
Double the recipe for more.
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Cherry Crisp Recipe
Ingredients
- 20 oz. cherry pie filling add another can for a thicker filling
- 1 tbsp. butter unsalted – cold or room temperature
- ½ cup quick oats
- ½ cup flour all-purpose
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ tsp. baking powder
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 5 tbsp. butter unsalted – melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
- Rub cold butter directly onto skillet or put softened butter on a paper towel and use it to grease the skillet by rubbing it all around
- Spread the cherry pie filling in the skillet
- In a medium bowl, mix the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, and melted butter
- Sprinkle the oats mixture onto the pie filling
- Bake for 15-20 minutes
