Step 1

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Step 2

Remove stems from all of the cherries and removed seeds.

Step 3

Peel, core and quarter apples. Then thinly slice the quarter pieces.

Step 4

In a large bowl, add cherries, apples, lemon juice, cornstarch, brown sugar, white sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Gently toss to combine. Pour cherry mixture into a skillet or 2-quart baking dish.

Step 5

In a medium mixing bowl, combine yellow cake mix, brown sugar, salt and baking powder. Stir to combine. Add butter, and using a pastry blender or a fork, cut butter into the mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.

Step 6

Add crumb topping to cover the cherries b& apples entirely. Set in the oven and bake for 25-35 minutes or until crumb topping is a nice golden brown and the juice from the cherry and apple mixture is bubbling.

Step 7

Serve immediately or let it cool and serve later, it's great either way especially with vanilla ice cream or whipped topping.