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Ingredients
- 8-inch
- Pastry for 8-inch two-crust pie
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 pound cans pitted red tart cherries drained, 1each
- 1/4 t almond extract
- 2 T butter or margarine
- 9-inch
- Pastry for 9-inch two-crust pie
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 pound cans pitted red tart cherries drained, 1each
- t ¼almond extract
- 2 T butter or margarine
- 10-inch
- Pastry for 10-inch two-crust pie
- 1 2/3 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 pound cans pitted red tart cherries drained, 1each
- 1 t almond extract
- 3 T butter or margarine
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Instructions
- Heat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare pastry. Stir together sugar and flour; mix with cherries. Stir in almond extract. Turn into pastry-lined pie pan; dot with butter. Cover with top crust which has slits in it; seal and flute
- Cover edge with 2 to 3-inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil last 15 minutes of baking.
- Bake 8 to 9-inch pies 35 to 45 minutes, 10-inch pie 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust.
- Using Fresh Cherries
- Follow recipe for 9-inch pie except substitute 4 cups fresh red tart cherries that are pitted, for the canned cherries.