Deep Dish Cherry Pie

Name: Deep Dish Cherry Pie
Ingredients: 2 ready-made, deep dish pie shells; 4 (16 oz.) cans tart cherries in water; 2/3 c. sugar; 1/3 c. cornstarch; 1 tsp. ground cinnamon; 1 tsp. almond extract

6 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

2 ready-made, deep dish pie shells
4 (16 oz.) cans tart cherries in water
2/3 c. sugar
1/3 c. cornstarch
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. almond extract

Directions

1

Drain cherries; reserve 1 1/2 cups of juice and put cherries aside.
2

Combine cherry juice, 2/3 cup of sugar and cornstarch in a large saucepan.
3

Stir and cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
4

Gently stir in cherries, cinnamon and almond extract. Place one pie crust in pan and crease the edges.
5

Pour in cherry mixture.
6

Bake at 400° for 20 minutes.
7

Place foil on edges of crust.
8

Reduce heat to 375°.
9

Add top crust.
10

Cut out hearts on top layer.
11

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes more.