Cherry Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

pastry for double crust 9-inch pie
2 packages (16 oz. each) frozen, no sugar added, pitted cherries
12-3/4 teaspoons Equal for Recipes or 42 packets Equal sweetener or 1-3/4 cups Equal Spoonful
4 tsp all purpose flour
4 tsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
5 to 7 drops red food color

Preparation

Thaw cherries completely in strainer set in bowl; reserve 3/4 cup cherry juice. Mix Equal, flour, cornstarch and nutmeg in small saucepan; stir in cherry juice. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring constantly; boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in cherries; stir in food color.