Cherry Pie

Ingredients

  • 2 cans Oregon Fruit Cherries (1 tart, 1 dark sweet)
  • 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 3 T arrowroot (or cornstarch)
  • ½ t Almond Extract
  • 1 T butter
  • 2 pie crusts

    • Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
    2. Drain the cherries and reserve the juice from the dark sweet cherries can.
    3. In a saucepan, stir the cherry juice into the combined mixture of the arrowroot and sugar.
    4. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened.
    5. Remove from heat.
    6. Gently stir in cherries and almond extract.
    7. Pour filling into pastry lined pie pan.
    8. Dot with butter.
    9. Gently roll top crust over pie, adjust crust, seal and vent.
    10. Bake 30-40 minutes or until crust browns and filling begins to bubble.
    11. If necessary, cover edges with aluminum foil during last 15 minutes to prevent over-browning. Cool pie several hours to allow filling to thicken before slicing.

    Notes

  • Makes 8 servings.

    • Category

  • Dessert

    • Keywords

  • Cherries
  • Pie Crust

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