Red Cherry Pie

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (16 ounce) cans pitted 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)

Recipe

• 1 drain cherries, reserving 1 cup juice; set cherries aside.
• 2 combine 3/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon in a medium saucepan; stir mixture to remove lumps.
• 3 stir cherry juice into sugar mixture.
• 4 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and thickened.
• 5 remove from heat; stir in cherries, 1/2 cup sugar, butter, and almond extract.
• 6 stir in food coloring, if desired.
• 7 line a 9" pieplate with half of pastry.
• 8 pour cherry mixture into the pastry shell.
• 9 cover with top crust.
• 10 trim edges of pastry; seal and crimp edges.
• 11 cut slits in top of crust for steam to escape.
• 12 bake at 425° for 45-55 minutes or until golden.
• 13 yield: one 9" pie.