Homemade Cherry Filling

Homemade Cherry Filling Recipe

This homemade cherry filling is made with fresh, juicy, sweet cherries. A perfect cherry filling that you can use to top pancakes, waffles and crepes with and it’s a delicious topping for cheesecakes, pound cakes and brownies too.

Have you been craving cherries? We sure have and with summer right around the corner, this cherry filling is also great for topping brownies as well. So many ways to use this homemade cherry filling and these are just a few. .

How To Make Homemade Cherry Filling

• Rinse, cut cherries in half and remove the seeds and stems.
• Place the cherries in a small sauce pan and add sugar, water and lemon juice.
• Cook over low/medium heat and bring to a boil.
• Let cherries boil for about 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Mix 3 tablespoons of water with corn starch and add to pan.
• Once cherry mixture has thickened, remove from heat.
• Serve warm over pancakes, waffles or crepes or let cool and top cheesecakes, pound cakes, brownies, etc.

What is your favorite summer fruit? Fresh, juicy cherries are definitely up there as a favorite in our household.

Try This Delicious Cherry Filling Today

Here are a few more delicious dessert recipes that can be found on the blog: Triple Berry Cobbler, Chocolate Cashew Brittle, Banana Poke Cake, Caramel Apple Pecan Cobbler, Chocolate Lover’s Zucchini Cake, plus many more.

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Homemade Cherry Filling

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

5 mins

 

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cherries, Fresh Cherries, Homemade Cherry Topping

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups fresh Bing cherries, halved, pitted
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup + 3 Tbsp water, divided
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp corn starch

Instructions

1. Rinse, cut cherries in half and remove seeds.
   

2. In a small sauce pan add cherries, sugar, water and lemon juice. Cook over low/medium heat and bring to a boil.

3. Let cherries boil for about 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4. Mix 3 tablespoons of water with corn starch and add to pan.

5. Once cherry mixture has thickened, remove from heat.

6. Serve warm over pancakes, waffles or crepes or let cool and top cheesecakes, brownies, etc.

Here are a few pics that are the perfect size for pinning to Pinterest.

Enjoy, Terri

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