Red Cherry Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 (16 ounce) cans pitted tart cherries
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch, plus
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 5 drops red food coloring (optional)
• 1 (9 inch) double crust pie crusts

Recipe

• 1 drain cherries, reserving 1cup juice; set cherries aside.
• 2 combine 3/4c 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, till smooth and thickened. remove from heat; stir in cherries, 1/2c sugar, butter and almond extract. stir in food coloring.
• 3 line a 9" pie plate with half of pastry. pour cherry mixture into the pastry shell.
• 4 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 degrees for 45 to 55 minute or till golden.