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Homemade Cherry Filling
Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Cook Time
5
minutes
mins
Course:
Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
Cherries, Fresh Cherries, Homemade Cherry Topping
Calories:
Ingredients
2 ¼
cups
fresh Bing cherries,
halved, pitted
⅓
cup
sugar
⅓
cup + 3 Tbsp
water,
divided
2
tsp
lemon juice
2
Tbsp
corn starch
Instructions
Rinse, cut cherries in half and remove seeds.
In a small sauce pan add cherries, 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, brownies, etc.