I don’t know if my mom actually made this recipe up or if she got it from her mother.  All I know is – I love it! She made this cherry crunch pie recipe a lot.  It’s easy to make and it’s definitely been a family favorite for years.  Both kids and adults will love this pie recipe.

Mom’s Cherry Crunch Pie

Ingredients:

1 jar of pitted cherries in water (16 oz.)

1 box of yellow cake mix

1/2 cup of crushed walnuts

5 tablespoons of butter

Directions:

Butter the pie plate or spray it.  Put the whole jar of pitted cherries in with a squirt of lemon juice.  Next add dry cake mix in a bowl.  Mix with a fork and add the 5 tablespoons of hot melted butter and 1/2 cup crushed walnuts.  Mix the ingredients in the bowl with a fork and then pour over the cherries in the pie plate.  Be sure and start in the middle and then go outdoors towards the edges as you fill the pie plate.  Bake for 30 minutes at 300° in the oven.

Doesn't it look delicious? It tastes far better then it looks - Wait until you try it!

This is such a delicious recipe that when I’m in the mood to make this cherry crunch pie I almost can’t wait for it to finish baking.  I serve it with a little Cool Whip on top of each slice.  This could also be a great idea for a delicious dessert to top off a wonderful Valentine’s Day meal – husbands love this!  As they say the key to a man’s heart is through his stomach and it doesn’t get much better than my Mom’s Cherry crunch pie.  Enjoy.

Deep dish pumpkin pie

1 3/4 C flour

1/3 C firmly packed brown sugar

1/3 C sugar

1 C margarine or butter cut into small pieces

1 C chopped nuts

1 (16 oz.) can of pumpkin

1 (14 oz.) can of sweetened condensed milk

2 eggs

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp all spice (aka Jamaican pepper)

1/2 tsp salt

Preheat the oven to 350°.  Combine the flour, sugar, brown sugar and cut up margarine or butter until crumbly.  Stir in the chopped nuts.  Be sure and take out one cup of this resulting mixture which will be used later as the crumbly topping.

Press the remaining mixture firmly on bottom and halfway up the sides of a 12 x 17 dish.  Pour in the remaining ingredients except the other cup of the crumb mixture which you removed earlier.

Top with the remaining crumb mix and bake for 55 minutes.  Let cool, serve and enjoy.