Bourbon Bacon Cherry Crumble
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Bourbon soaked cherries are topped with a bacon brown sugar crumble and baked to perfection in this indulgent cherry crumble recipe!
This weekend I attended a bridal shower for a good friend. We met at the University of Oklahoma alumni bar in San Diego a few years ago and have been Oklahoma sports fanatic besties ever since!
Being a true Oklahoma girl, her favorite things are bourbon, bacon, butter, beer and football, so I combined 3 of the 5 in this delicious dish for her bridal shower brunch!
Lets be real, it doesn’t get much more decadent than bourbon soaked fresh cherries, topped with a butter, bacon, brown sugar crumble!
This recipe was made for a dessert or one of those deliciously indulgent weekend breakfasts!
Bourbon Bacon Cherry Crumble Ingredients
- fresh sweet cherries
- bourbon
- cornstarch
- agave nectar or maple syrup
- ground cinnamon
- orange juice & zest
- rolled oats
- bacon
- flour
- brown sugar
- butter
Step by Step Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Pit the cherries and add them to a large bowl with the bourbon.
Add the cornstarch, agave nectar, cinnamon, orange juice and zest.
Place the cherries in the bottom of a baking dish.
In a small bowl combine the oats, bacon, flour and brown sugar.
Mix together then add the butter.
Use your hands to combine the mixture into a crumble and add on top of the cherries.
Bake for 1 hour.
I’m not going to lie, it’s as good as it sounds… maybe better!
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Bourbon Bacon Cherry Crumble
Ingredients
Filling
- 4 cups fresh sweet cherries, pitted
- ¼ cup bourbon
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 3 tbsp agave nectar, or honey
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp orange zest
Topping
- ½ cup rolled oats
- ¼ cup bacon
- ¼ cup flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup cold butter, cubed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Pit the cherries and add them to a large bowl with the bourbon.
- Add the cornstarch, agave nectar, cinnamon, orange juice and zest.
- Place the cherries in the bottom of a baking dish.
- In a small bowl combine the oats, bacon, flour and brown sugar.
- Mix together then add the butter.
- Use your hands to combine the mixture into a crumble and add on top of the cherries.
- Bake for 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts
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