Baked Fresh Cherry Pie

Name: Baked Fresh Cherry Pie
Total time: 200
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie; 4 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca; 0.125 teaspoon salt; 1 cup white sugar; 4 cups pitted cherries; 0.25 teaspoon almond extract; 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1.5 tablespoons butter

Recipe by Cali from allrecipes.com

Dessert 3 Hr. 20 Mins.

Ingredients

8 servings

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1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
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4 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
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0.125 teaspoon salt
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1 cup white sugar

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4 cups pitted cherries
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0.25 teaspoon almond extract
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0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1.5 tablespoons butter

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Place bottom crust in pie pan. Set top crust aside, covered.
In a large mixing bowl combine tapioca, salt, sugar, cherries, and extracts. Let stand 15 minutes. Turn out into bottom crust and dot with butter. Cover with top crust, flute edges and cut vents in top. Place pie on a foil-lined cookie sheet--in case of drips!
Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Let cool for several hours before slicing.