Miracle Cherry Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 small box vanilla pudding
1/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 c. water
16 oz. can pitted tart red cherries
1 Tbsp. butter
4 drops red coloring (optional)
1 (8-inch) pie crust, baked
whipped topping

Preparation

Combine in saucepan pudding, sugar, lemon juice and water. Add cherries with juice.
Cook and stir to a full boil.
Remove from heat.
Add butter and food coloring.
Chill in baked 8-inch pie shell.
Top with whipped topping.