Homemade Cherry Pie

Ingredients:

• 1 box prepared pie crust (2 crusts)
• pie cherries, enough to make 4 cups when pitted
• 1 - 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• milk or beaten egg to brush crust
• extra sugar to sprinkle on crust

Directions:

Wash, stem, and pit cherries. The fastest way to pit the cherries (I pitted 20 lbs. of pie cherries this year and tested several) is to remove the stem, insert a drinking straw into the stem "hole" and push the pit right out. I had a young assistant remove the stems for me, which saved a lot of time.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Press one pie crust into the bottom of a pie plate. Place pie plate on cookie sheet to contain spills.

Mix pie cherries, sugar and flour in a bowl.

Place in pie crust.

Cut second pie crust into strips. Arrange in a lattice pattern across the top of the pie. Brush with a little egg or milk and sprinkle with a little more sugar.

Bake for about 30 minutes or until crust is golden. Let cool and serve.

Source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook

By Stephanie from Hillsboro, OR