Cherry Pie
Created by elsie on October 17, 2011
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 60m
- Recipe #691
Ingredients
- 4 cups cherries, fresh (tart cherries, pitted)
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1/3 cup of cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 tablespoons butter
- Pie pastry (for 2 crust pie)
How to Make
-
Step 1: Heat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare pastry.
-
Step 2: In a medium bowl, stir together the cherries and sugar; add the cornstarch and mix well.
-
Step 3: Turn cherry pie filling mixture into a pastry lined pie plate. Sprinkle with almond extract and dot with butter. Cover with top crust; seal and flute edges. Cut slits in the top crust. Cover edge of crust with strips of foil to prevent over browning. Remove the foil strips 10-15 minutes of baking.
-
Step 4: Bake 60 minutes or until crust is golden brown and juice bubbles through slits. Remove from oven. Cool.
-
Step 5: Note: prep time does not include pitting of cherries or making pie crust.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (216.6 g)
- Calories 274.4
- Total Fat - 2.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.3 g
- Cholesterol - 5.1 mg
- Sodium - 29.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 65.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.9 g
- Sugars - 56.6 g
- Protein - 1.3 g
- Calcium - 19.1 mg
- Iron - 2.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 3.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg