Red, White, and Blue (Sort Of) Oatmeal Crumb Pie

Submitted by JackieOhNo!

"I had a mixture of fruits in my refrigerator and decided to combine them in a pie. While doing so, I noticed the colors were essentially red, white and blue (sort of)."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 3⁄4 cups pitted cherries
• 1 3⁄4 cups fresh blueberries
• 1 cup Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup oatmeal
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1⁄3 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄3 cup cold butter, cut into dice
• prepared 8-inch pie crust

directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Mix sugar and 3 T. flour in a bowl. Add fruit, cinnamon, extracts and salt; stir to combine.
2. Ease crust into a 8-inch pie plate; crimp. Transfer fruit mixture to the pastry-line pie plate.
3. In a separate bowl, combine 1/2 cup flour, oatmeal, and brown sugar. Cut in butter with a pastry blender (or your fingers).
4. Sprinkle oatmeal topping evenly over pie filling.
5. Place pie in oven and bake for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees. Bake for an additional 30-40 minutes until filling is bubbling. Cool on rack.