Total Time
00:55 mins
Preparation 00:10 mins
Cooking 00:45 mins
The ingredients of the recipe
- 2 (16 ounce) canspitted tart cherries
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 5 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
- 5 drops red food coloring
- 2 9-inch deep dish pie crusts (homemade or frozen)
Preparation
Drain Cherries, reserving 1 cup juice; set cherries aside.
Combine 3/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon in a medium saucepan; stir mixture to remove lumps.
Stir cherry juice into sugar mixture.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and thickened.
Remove from heat; stir in cherries, 1/2 cup sugar, butter, and almond extract.
Stir in food coloring, if desired.
Line a 9" pieplate with half of pastry.
Pour cherry mixture into the pastry shell.
Cover with top crust.
Trim edges of pastry; seal and crimp edges.
Cut slits in top of crust for steam to escape.
Bake at 425° for 45-55 minutes or until golden.
Yield: one 9" pie.
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