Easy Cherry Crumble

Ingredients:

For the topping:

• 6 Tbsp. butter, softened and partially melted
• ½ cup granulated white sugar
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 and ½ cups cornflakes, crushed to make 1 cup crumbs

For the filling:

• 24 oz (4 cups) frozen tart cherries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1.5 Tbsp. cornstarch
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2 Tbsp. butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F.

To make the filling:

1. In a small bowl, combine sugar, flour and cornstarch and stir well until mixture is homogenous.   
2. Place frozen cherries (no need to thaw) in a small saucepan over medium-low heat.  Cherries may give off a small amount of dry-ice like ‘smoke’ – this is normal. 
3. When cherries are thawed and appear to be floating in liquid, add sugar mixture, stirring to incorporate. 
4. Continue to cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved and the mixture has lost its opaqueness. 
5. Remove from heat and add butter.  Stir until melted.  Remove from heat.

To make topping:

1. In a small bowl, stir butter and sugar with a fork. 
2. Stir in flour, baking powder and cinnamon.  
3. Add the crushed cornflakes last (this keeps them from getting soggy), and stir mixture until cornflakes crumbs are just incorporated.
4. Pour cherry filling mixture into an un-greased glass 9 X13  baking dish, using a spatula to scrape residual cherry filling from the saucepan. 
5. Using a spoon, place dollops of topping mixture over filling.  Dollops of topping should touch, but you should still be able to see small windows of cherry mixture poking through. 
6. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, then remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving.