{"id":4375,"date":"2015-02-26T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=4375"},"modified":"2015-02-26T17:10:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T22:10:15","slug":"fast-and-loose-cherry-crisp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/fast-and-loose-cherry-crisp\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast and Loose: Cherry Crisp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/fast-and-loose-cherry-crisp\/cherrycrisp3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4377\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4377\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cherrycrisp3.gif?resize=550%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cherrycrisp3\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One thing that might happen to you if you ever decide to embark upon a <a title=\"Head of State Cakes\" href=\"https:\/\/headofstatecakes.com\/\">thematic baking project<\/a>&nbsp;is that you might acquire quite the collection of baking odds and ends. In my case, it means that there is a weird amount of frozen fruit in my freezer.<\/p>\n<p>Last year I was into smoothie making, and that would have made quick work of all of this fruit. This year, however, I don&#8217;t have it together like that.<\/p>\n<p>I was clicking around the internet when I saw Smitten Kitchen&#8217;s <a title=\"Chocolate Oat Crumble\" href=\"https:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/chocolate-oat-crumble\/\">Chocolate Oat Crumble<\/a> recipe&nbsp;when I figured that I would make one myself, with all that fruit in the freezer.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4369\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cherrycrisp4.gif?resize=550%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cherrycrisp4\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Well, with some of that fruit in the freezer.<\/p>\n<p>So, I got to work. First I combined black and tart cherries and sprinkled them with a bit of sugar. Then I grabbed a few handfuls of oatmeal, a half handful of flour and a sprinkling of sugar and combined them.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I realized that my freezer holds all sorts of chocolate. So I thew in some semisweet chocolate chips and some white chocolate chips&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4370\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cherrycrisp2.gif?resize=550%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cherrycrisp2\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\"><\/p>\n<p>I put the cherry mixture in a cast iron skillet and topped it with the oatmeal mixture and threw the whole thing in a 350 degree oven. I cooked it until it started to smell like it was done and there it was. A mildly sweetened crisp that would, like a private dancer, do what I wanted it to do. In this case, it would be dessert, then turn right around and be breakfast.<a href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/fast-and-loose-cherry-crisp\/cherrycrisp4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4369\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy endings all around.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/fast-and-loose-cherry-crisp\/cherrycrisp2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4370\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/fast-and-loose-cherry-crisp\/cherrycrisp1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4371\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4371\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cherrycrisp1.gif?resize=550%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cherrycrisp1\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing that might happen to you if you ever decide to embark upon a thematic baking project&nbsp;is that you might acquire quite the collection of baking odds and ends. In my case, it means that there is a weird amount of frozen fruit in my freezer. Last year I was into smoothie making, and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/fast-and-loose-cherry-crisp\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fast and Loose: Cherry Crisp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Fast and Loose: #Cherry Crisp http:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-18z #notarecipe #baking","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[33,184,145],"class_list":["post-4375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baking","tag-cherries","tag-chocolate","tag-leftovers","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-18z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3041,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/rosemary-and-cranberry-chocolate-chunk-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":4375,"position":0},"title":"Rosemary and Cranberry Chocolate Chunk Cookies","author":"admin","date":"December 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I am a cookbook fiend. 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