This was one of the first recipes I “collected” when I was in high school.  We made it at a sleep-over (we used to call then slumber parties) and ate it all out of the pan.

Ingredients:

Filling:

• 40 oz canned pie cherries
• 6 T flour
• red food coloring
• 1 t vanilla

Crust and topping:

• 3 c quick oats
• 2 c brown sugar
• ½ t salt
• 3 c flour
• 1¼ c oil
• 1½ t baking soda

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. Mix sugar and flour
3. Add  juice drained from pie cherries.
4. Boil until thick
5. Add cherries, food coloring and vanilla.
6. Mix crust/topping as for pie crust.
7. Press half of crust/topping into 9×13 pan.
8. Spread with cherries mixture.
9. Sprinkle other half of oat mixture on top.
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10. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.

Serves: 12-16

Note: Can be served with whipped cream or ice cream.

Source: Lynn  Ready – El Cajon