Cherry Oatmeal Parfait with Whiskey Cream

3/4 cup Sugar

12 oz. Black Cherries, pitted

1 oz. Orange Juice

1 cup Whipping Cream

1/4 cup Whiskey

15 Oatmeal Cookies

Toasted Almonds for garnish

Chill 5 wine glasses or martini glasses.

Mix 1/4 cup sugar, cherries and orange juice in a blender until smooth.

Pour cherry mixture through a sieve, and reserve the liquid. Dispose of the cherry skins.

Use a hand mixer to whip the heavy cream. Fold 1/2 cup sugar into cream.

When the whipped cream forms soft peaks, whip the whiskey into the cream and set aside.

Pour a small amount of the cherry liquid into the bottom of the glasses.

Crumble 3 cookies into each glass.

Pour about 1/4 cup of the cherries over the cookies.

Scoop about 2 tbsp. of the whiskey cream onto the cherries.

Chill the parfaits in the fridge for about an hour.

Right before serving, sprinkle toasted almonds over each parfait.

This recipe came up as a quick way to use some oatmeal cookies we had around the house. This is a really good recipe to use with stale cookies.