Ingredients
8 servings
- •½ cup white sugar
- •2 tablespoons cornstarch
- •½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- •¾ cup water
- •1 (12 ounce) bag frozen pitted dark sweet cherries, thawed
- •1 tablespoon butter
- •1 cup all-purpose flour
- •¼ cup white sugar, divided
- •2 teaspoons baking powder
- •½ teaspoon salt
- •½ cup milk
- •3 tablespoons shortening
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
- Combine 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon in a large saucepan; stir in water until mixture is smooth. Add cherries and butter to sugar mixture and bring to a boil; cook and stir until cherry mixture is thickened, about 2 minutes. Pour cherry filling into the prepared baking dish.
- Mix flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; cut in shortening using a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir milk into flour mixture until topping is just moistened. Drop topping by spoonfuls over cherry filling; sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons sugar over topping.
- Bake in the preheated oven until topping is golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes.
Nutritional Facts
Per 8 servings
- Calories: 220
- Carbohydrate: 38g
- Fat: 7g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Sugar: 23g