RED CHERRY PIE

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My recipe published by Southern Living. I found it about 30 years ago in a LHJ flyer on award winning recipes from country fairs. It's my favorite cherry pie recipe,and cherry pie's my favorite pie.

Provided by Bliss

Categories     Dessert

Time 55m

Yield 1 pie

Number Of Ingredients 9

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)

Steps:

  • 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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