Pour cherry pie filling into slow cooker for a sweet 6-ingredient treat

Cooktop Cove: Pour cherry pie filling into slow cooker for a sweet 6-ingredient treat

By Robin Donovan

Bubbling cherry pie filling is topped with a buttery, golden brown topping of brown sugar and oats. Can you even imagine a more delicious dessert? There are plenty of good reasons this classic dish is so loved. For starters, it’s outrageously tasty. But add to that the fact that it requires just a few common ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes of hands-on time to toss together.
This is a great dessert to put together before you start preparing dinner. It cooks in just 2 hours, so you can easily time it to be finished just when people are ready for a little something sweet. Serve it topped with a scoop of cold, creamy vanilla bean ice cream for pure dessert heaven.

Slow cooker cherry crisp

5 minutes

2 hours

2 hours and 5 minutes

1 (21-ounce) can cherry pie filling

2/3 c packed brown sugar

1/2 c old fashion oats uncooked

1/2 c all-purpose flour

1 t vanilla extract

1/3 cup unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Spray your slow cooker with non-stick spray

Place the pie filling in the slow cooker.

In a medium bowl, stir together the brown sugar, oats, flour, and vanilla. Add the butter and mix it in with your hands until the butter is in pea-size clumps.

Sprinkle the mixture evenly over the pie filling in the slow cooker.

Lay a double layer of paper towels over the top of the slow cooker and then place the lid on top of the paper towels.

Cook on high for 2 hours.

Serve hot.