Fresh Cherry Pie
Source of Recipe
BBR
Recipe Introduction
Farm Journals Pie Recipes
List of Ingredients
Pastry for 2-crust pie
1 1/3 c. sugar
1/3 c. flour
1/8 tsp. salt
3 drops almond extract (optional)
4 c. pitted tart cherries
2 Tb. butter or margarineRecipe
Combine sugar, flour and salt. Add almond extract to cherries and toss with sugar-flour mixture to mix thoroughly. Turn into pastry-lined 9" pie pan. Adjust lattice top; flute edges.
Bake in hot oven (425ºF.) about 40 minutes. If edges brown too much, cover loosely with strip of aluminum foil.
Note: Use 1 1/2 c. sugar if you do not like a cherry pie on the tart side.