Sweet Cherry Pie

Name: Sweet Cherry Pie
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 (1 lb.) cans pitted dark sweet cherries; Baked 9" pie shell; ⅛ tsp. salt; 3 tblsp. cornstarch; ⅔ c. sugar; 2 tblsp. lemon juice; 1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese; 1 tblsp. butter; Whipped cream (optional)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

About

Bake this pie once and you’ll make it again and again—ever so good

Ingredients

Baked 9" pie shell
2 (1 lb.) cans pitted dark sweet cherries
⅔

Americas
United States
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Drain cherries, reserving juice. Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in saucepan. Add 1 c. cherry juice. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Continue cooking and stirring 2 minutes. Add cherries and cook 2 minutes.
Remove from heat; add butter and lemon juice, stirring until butter melts. Cool.
Let cream cheese stan