Sweet cherries topped with crispy brown sugar crumble. Simple to make with just a few ingredients, this Sweet Cherry Crumble will make a perfect seasonal dessert.
It’s cherry season! Are you excited as I am?
I’ve always been a fan of fresh cherries. It’s just different in texture and taste compared to other fruits. What I don’t like is cherry flavor. If there are cherry –flavored candies, or if a dessert has maraschino cherries, no thank you. I prefer the real deliciously sweet and slightly tart ones.
I don’t know if it’s true everywhere else, but cherry season in San Francisco seems so very short, just a few weeks long. Every year it feels like that they quickly become overpriced and bruised. Actually, cherry season is almost over for the summer so you better hurry and get yourself some while they’re still available.
And guess what? Cherries have a ton of health benefits too. In addition to providing us with Vitamin C, cherries can help us sleep better at night, balance your blood pressure, help with muscle soreness after an intense workout, fights cancer, lowers cholesterol levels and belly fat, and lowers your chances of getting gout and decreases the pain associated with osteoarthritis. So stock up on your cherries while you can!
Today, I wanted to share a recipe for Sweet Cherry Crumble. I love my pies, but my younger sister doesn’t. She just doesn’t like crust on anything, pies or pizzas. So my answer to that? A crumble. Crustless with a delicious crispy topping. And it only requires a few steps.
First, preheat the oven to 375oF
Remove the stems from the cherries. Cut them in half and remove the pit from the center. Divide the sliced cherries into oven safe ramekins. My ramekins were about 6 ounces.
In a large bowl, cut the softened butter, mix in the brown sugar and flour. Use your hands to combine all three ingredients until they become crumbly.
Top the cherries with crumble.
Place the ramekins into the oven. I actually placed the ramekins onto a baking pan, that way it’s easier to retrieve.
Bake the Sweet Cherry Crumbles for about 20 minutes at 375oF.
The crumble will become crispy and the cherries underneath will have softened but retained its shape. Allow the Sweet Cherry Crumble to cool for a few minutes before serving.
Enjoy this summer treat!
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I just made a chocolat cherry pie myself! So i love this! Thanks for posting the recipe!
Chocolate cherry pie sounds so good! I’ll have to give it a try sometime. =)
Thank you for this! I’ve been searching and searching for a recipe that uses FRESH cherries!
You’re welcome, Jessica! I hope you’ll like this recipe when you give it a try. I love fresh cherries as well, and it was perfect for this recipe.
Cherry Crumble is my favorite! Making this right away 🙂
I hope you’ll like it, Sarah!=)
Yum!!
Thank you!
I never make anything with cherries, I just eat them, but this looks so good I might use some of those cherries in my refrigerator for just this.
I hope you’ll like this recipe, Linda!
Looks delicious. Have you tried other fruits as well?
Thank you! I have! =) My original version has strawberry and apples. https://cookingwithawallflower.com/2014/05/01/strawberry-apple-crumble/
I wish I had an oven :'(
Oh no! Hm… If I can figure out how to make it without an oven, I’ll be sure to let you know!
This looks delicious!!! thank you for posting this 🙂
Jess
Thanks, Jess! If you get the chance to try it, I hope you’ll like it =)
I know butter is not healthy but using butter is the only way to create a tasty crumble, your desert looks yummy 🙂
I try not to use too much butter in my recipes. So I scale it down as much as possible without changing the taste of what I’m making. And you’re right, as far as I know, there’s no other way to make crumble. The butter makes the crumble so good. Eventually, I might attempt to make it with vegan butter. That should make it healthier. lol. If you do try this recipe, I hope you’ll like it =)
Vegan butter seems like a good idea, I ll try it when I have time 🙂
I love cherries too! Great recipe Andrea!
Desiree @ http://www.puddingheaven.org
Thanks, Desiree! I hope you’ll like this recipe =)