Double Cherry Pie
This cherry pie is the bomb! It's super juicy, and the crust is sweet and delicious. I would eat it every day if I could.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate pieces
- 5 tablespoon margarine or butter
- 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats or regular rolled oats
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 can (16-ounce) cherry pie filling
- 1 can (16-ounce) pitted tart red cherries (water-packed), drained
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon quick-cooking or regular rolled oats
- 3 tablespoon margarine or butter, softened
- 1/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Grease a 10-inch pie plate; set aside.
- For crust, in a medium saucepan melt the 1/2 cup chocolate pieces and 5 tablespoons margarine or butter.
- Remove from heat; stir in the 1/4 cup oats, 1/4 cup flour and 1/4 cup brown sugar.
- Press onto bottom and sides of prepared pie plate to form a firm, even crust.
- Bake in a 350F degree oven for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, for filling, in a medium mixing bowl combine pie filling, cherries and almond extract.
- Pour into the baked crust.
- For topping, in a small mixing bowl stir together the 1/2 cup flour, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and 2 tablespoons oats.
- Cut in the 3 tablespoons margarine or butter till mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in the 1/4 cup chocolate pieces.
- Sprinkle over filling. Bake in 350F degree oven for 35 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack.