North Pole Cherry Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups coarsely crushed pretzel sticks (about 5 oz)
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 pints vanilla ice cream
1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
1 teaspoon almond extract

Preparation

Combine pretzel crumbs with butter, mix well, and pat into bottom and sides of a 9\" pie plate.
Chill about 1 hour.
Soften ice cream slightly, spoon into shell and freeze until firm (at least 1 hour).
About 20 minutes before serving, combine cherry filling and almond extract, spread over pie and return to the freezer 15 minutes.
Remove pie; let sit at room temp about 5 minutes until just soft enough to cut into wedges.
Alternative: Refrigerate cherry pie filling while pie freezes; mix w/ almond extract and spread on pie 5 minutes before serving.