Cherry Pie
If you've never eaten a fresh cherry pie, you're in for a treat. It's a bit of work to pit the cherries, but once that's done, there's not much left to do.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup corn starch
- ½ tsp salt
- 5 cups pitted fresh or canned tart cherries
- 1 tbsp butter
Prepare pastry. Roll out half of pastry and line 9-inch pie plate.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
For filling, combine sugar, cornstarch, sale and pitted cherries.
Place filling in pie crust and dot with butter.
Roll out remaining pastry for top crust and cut a few slashes for vent.
Top pie with slashed top crust.
Flute edges.
Bake 50-60 minutes until golden.