Christmas Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
3 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 small can crushed pineapple
3 bananas, diced
1 c. chopped pecans
1 can sour pitted cherries (No. 2)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. red food coloring

Preparation

Mix sugar and cornstarch.
Drain cherries and pineapple (save pineapple juice and add enough water to make 1 cup).
Add color to cherries.
Combine vanilla, cherries, pineapple and cup of juice, sugar and cornstarch.
Heat until just comes to a boil. Cool. Add nuts and bananas.
Pour in baked pie shell.
Top with Cool Whip. Makes 2 pies.