FILLING:

1 (16 oz.) can tart cherries (unsweetened)
1/3 c. sugar
2 tbsp. butter
1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. almond extract

CRUST:

1 1/2 c. flour
3/4 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. oats

FILLING: Melt butter and add flour to make paste. Then add cherry juice, cherries and sugar and heat slowly until it all cooks into a thick pudding consistency. Set aside to cool. Add almond flavor.

CRUST: Cut butter into flour, salt and baking soda with pastry cutter until well blended. Mix in brown sugar and oats. Use 2/3 of crust mix to press into pan as bottom crust. Pour in filling. Sprinkle rest of crust over top of filling. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes until it begins to brown.