The Cherry Blossoms are starting here in Northern Michigan-Cherry Pie recipe

Mother's Cherry Pie 

from the King Orchards website Great local Farm Market just up the road from the Applesauce Inn B&B in Central Lake

  Ingredients:

4 cups tart cherries 1 cup sugar Dash salt 3 tbsp. Corn starch 3/4 cup cherry juice

1/4 tsp. Lemon or almond extract 1/4 tsp. Red food coloring 2 tbsp. Butter Crust for two crust pie

Directions:

• Mix 1/4 cup sugar, salt and corn starch
• Add 1/4 cup cherry juice to make a paste
• In a saucepan, mix 3/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup cherry juice and bring to a boil. While boiling, slowly add corn starch mixture.
• Stir constantly, and cook until thick and clear
• Fold in the cherries and add lemon or almond extract, food coloring and butter.
• Pour into pie crust, cover with top crust and bake at 375 degrees for one hour.