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Recipe Tags: Weeknight Time To Make Course Main Ingredient Preparation Low Protein Pies And Tarts Desserts Fruit Pies Dietary Low In Something Pitted Fruit Cherries 4 Hours Or Less

Best Cherry Pie

This is called best cherry pie because it is a blue ribbon winner at the county fair in vicksburg, ms (according to the cookbook

Steps

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Drain cherries , reserving 1 / 2 cup juice.
Combine sugar , cornstarch and salt.
Combine cherry juice , food coloring , almond extract and lemon juice.
Add to dry ingredients , mixing well.
Add cherries and mix well again.
Add butter and let stand for 15 minutes.
Pour cherry mixture into pie crust and finish top with lattice work pie crust.
Bake for 50 to 55 minutes.

Ingredients

sugar, cornstarch, salt, butter, tart cherries, red food coloring, almond extract, lemon juice, pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie