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fresh cherry pie

Recipe by
Crystal ~
Somewhere, IL

Fresh cherry pie is my all time favorite pie!!! When they are not in season and I need a cherry pie "fix," I can find sour cherries that are canned in water at the grocery store to use. :)

yield 6 -8
prep time 15 Min
cook time 45 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For fresh cherry pie

  • 4 cups fresh sour cherries, pitted
  • 1-1/3 granulated cups sugar
  • 1/3 cup cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • ¼ teaspoon almond extract
  • unbaked pie shell, double crust

How To Make fresh cherry pie

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  • 2
    In a large mixing bowl, stir together the cherries and sugar; add the cornstarch and mix to combine.
  • 3
    Add the cherry mixture into a unbaked pie shell. Sprinkle the almond extract over the mixture and dot with butter.
  • 4
    Cover the cherry pie mixture with top crust and seal and flute the edges. Cut slits in the top crust. Cover the edges of the pie crust with foil to prevent burning. Remove the foil strips 10 minutes before pie is done baking.
  • 5
    Bake 45-60 minutes or until juice bubbles through the slits in the pie crust. Cool on a wire.
  • 6
    Eat it slightly warm with a scoop of ice cream.....Yummm!

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