Cinnamon Swirl Cherry Dessert
Once you’ve tried this Cinnamon Swirl Cherry Dessert, you’ll be craving more. It’s a warm, gooey, and cinnamon-laced dessert that’s as simple to make as it is satisfying to eat. Made with gingersnap cookies, cherry pie filling, Krusteaz Cinnamon Swirl Cake Mix, and butter, it’s a foolproof layered dessert that delivers big flavor with minimal effort.
Why You’ll Love This Dessert
- Only 4 simple ingredients, which saves so much precious time.
- Uses whole cookies as the crust — so, no crushing or mixing required.
- Ready in an hour, and your kitchen will smell amazing.
- Customizable with different fruit fillings and cookie options.
- Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, potlucks, or weeknight baking.
Making Cinnamon Swirl Cherry Dessert
First, I have to say, this is such an easy dump-n-bake dessert, that you better hold onto your apron. Here goes.
Lay the cookies down in a single layer in the 13 x 9″ baking dish. Crust is done.
Quick note: you can use store bought or homemade cookies, such as my Best Ever Gingersnap Cookies.
Spread the two cans of cherry pie filling over the cookies. That was easy.
Next, Open the box of Krusteaz Cinnamon Swirl cake mix. Inside, there are two bags. Sprinkle the white bag over the pie filling, which is the cake.
Then, sprinkle the bag with the brown sugar mixture in it, which is the “swirl” part, but don’t swirl it, because today we’re just dumping. Done.
Ok, now the hard part, if you want to call it that. Slice the butter into many squares (or rectangles) to cover the top as much as possible. For instance, I cut 35 slices and laid them out 5 wide x 7 long, which is shown in the picture below.
In addition, make sure the butter is cold; this definitely helps.
Then, bake uncovered for 45 minutes, and that’s it. As a result, your kitchen should be smelling pretty amazing about now. Great job!
Easy Variations of this Cinnamon Swirl Cherry Dessert
- Apple Pie Filling + shortbread cookies = warm, buttery apple crisp vibes
- Blueberry Pie Filling + Lemon Oreos = southern-style cobbler with a twist
- Cherry Pie Filling + gingersnaps = sweet with a little kick (as seen in this blog) YUM!
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Cinnamon Swirl Cherry Dessert
Ingredients
- 24 cookies (such as gingersnap, shortbread, or Golden Oreos) See Notes
- 2 – 21 oz. cans cherry pie filling
- 21 oz. box Krusteaz Cinnamon Swirl cake mix
- 3/4 cup (or 1 1/2 sticks) salted butter, cold, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Lay cookies in single layer in a 13 x 9" baking dish.
- Spread the two cans of pie filling evenly over the cookies.
- Sprinkle the cake mix evenly over the pie filling, followed by the second packet of brown sugar mix. Do not stir.
- Thinly cut the cold butter into 35 pats of butter to cover the top of the dessert (5 slices wide by 7 slices lengthwise). You can also cut the butter the long way with a cheese slicer.
- Bake for 45 minutes. Enjoy!
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Cinnamon Swirl Cherry Dessert
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The Ultimate Dump-and-Bake Dessert
In sum, this Cinnamon Swirl Cherry Dessert is everything we love about baking in one dish: sweet, spiced, fruity, buttery, and incredibly easy. No mixing bowls, no fuss — just layer, bake, and enjoy.
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