Country Fair Cherry Pie Recipe

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A homemade cherry filling peeks out from a star-shaped pastry top. You can try different shapes for other occasions and also add almond extract for another flavor.

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Country Fair Cherry Pie Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + standing Bake: 55 min. + cooling

Yield: 8 Servings

20 55 75

Ingredients

1-1/4 cups sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Dash salt
4 cups fresh tart cherries, pitted
Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches)
Star cookie cutters (1/2 inch and 2 inches)
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt; stir in cherries until blended. Let stand for 30 minutes. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat.
Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom crust; trim pastry even with edge. Fill with cherry filling. Bake at 375° for 45 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cover edges during the last 20 minutes to prevent overbrowning.
Meanwhile, roll out remaining pastry to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut into 12-14 large stars and 16-18 small stars; place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to a wire rack to cool. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Place stars randomly over cooled pie. Sprinkle edges of pie with confectioners' sugar. Yield: 8 servings.

Cherry Almond Pie: Once the pie filling has been removed from the heat, stir in 1/4 teaspoon almond extract.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 piece (calculated without confectioners' sugar)equals 426 calories, 14 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 220 mg sodium, 74 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Country Fair Cherry Pie in The Taste of Home Cookbook , p486