Cherry Refrigerator Dessert - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 c. pitted sour cherries
1 c. sugar
4 Tbsp. cornstarch
dash of salt
1 Tbsp. butter
24 honey graham crackers
1/4 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Empty cherries and their syrup into a saucepan and heat to boiling.
Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt.
Add, all at once, to boiling cherries and cook, stirring briskly (about 5 minutes) until smoothly thickened and clear.
Remove from heat; add butter. Arrange 9 of the crackers (whole) over bottom of an 8 x 8 x 2-inch pan.
Spread half the cherry mixture over them and sprinkle with half the nuts.
Put on another layer of whole crackers and spread remaining cherries over them.
Crumble remaining 6 crackers over top and sprinkle with rest of nuts.
Chill 2 hours or overnight.
Cut into squares and serve with whipped cream.