Cherry Sauce

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    2 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

  • About

Ingredients

  • 1 (1 lb.) can pitted tart cherries
  • c. sugar
  • 3</

Method

  • Drain cherries, reserving juice. Add water, if needed, to make 1⅓ c. juice.
  • Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in saucepan; gradually stir in cherry juice. Cook mixture, stirring constantly, over medium heat until it boils and is thickened and clear, about 6 minutes.
  • Add butter, stirring until it melts, and a few drops of red food color. Stir ½ c. drain