Cherry Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (16 oz.) cans pitted tart cherries
1 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 Tbsp. butter
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 or 2 drops red food coloring
2 pie crusts

Preparation

Drain cherries; reserve 3/4 cup juice.
Combine sugar, cornstarch and a dash of salt in a saucepan.
Stir in reserved juice from cherries. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils.
Add cherries, butter, almond extract and red food coloring.
Pour into prepared pie crust. Cover with top crust; trim and flute edges.
Cut several steam vents near center of pie.
Bake at 425\u00b0 for about 40 minutes.