Homemade Sweet Cherry Pie

I decided to make homemade pie filling (I used pre-made crusts) for Thanksgiving and since cherry pie is one of my moms favorite I needed to make one! I searched multiple stores for fresh, frozen, and/or canned sour or tart cherries and couldn't find any. And thus we have sweet cherry pie! 

Ingredients: Cornstarch, lemon juice, sugar, sweet cherries, almond extract, and pre-made pie crusts.

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Sweet Cherry Pie

Ingredients:

6 cups frozen dark sweet cherries, thawed

½ cup juice

1/8 tsp. salt

¾ cup sugar

5 tbsp. cornstarch

Juice of half a lemon

¼ tsp. almond extract

Pre-made piecrust

Butter

Egg wash

Sugar for decoration

Directions:

1.     Preheat oven to 400º.

2.     Drain cherries; reserve juice.

3.     Place one crust in bottom of pie plate.

4.     Heat drained cherries, salt, and sugar over medium until boiling.

5.     Stir together cherry juice and cornstarch. Mix well.

6.     Add lemon juice and almond extract to juice/cornstarch mixture.

7.     Remove cherries from head and stir in juice/cornstarch mixture.

8.     Return to heat and cook until thickened.

9.     Cool; pour into crust lined pie pan.

10. Dot with butter.

11. Cover with top piecrust lattice.

12. Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar.

13. Cover edges with aluminum foil. Bake for 35 minutes.

14. Remove foil and bake for 15 additional minutes.

15. Let cool before serving.

Thanks for coming! xoxo