Sour cream cherry pie

 
                           Sour Cream Cherry Pie
 
 Recipe By     : The Canadiana Cookbook/Mme Jehane Benoit/1970
 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Fruit                            Pies & Pastry
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    2      c             pitted black or red cherries
                         Pastry of your choice
    3                    eggs
      3/4  c             dairy sour cream
      1/2  c             sugar -- up to 3/4 cup
      1/4  tsp           salt
      1/4  tsp           almond extract
 
 Pour cherries into an unbaked 8" pie shell. Beat eggs well, add sour cream,
 sugar and beat until thick. Add salt, almond extract. Stir and pour over
 cherries.
 
 Top with lattice strips and bake on bottom shelf of oven at 400 degrees F
 for 25-35 minutes.
 
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 NOTES : Deep red, smooth, tasty, and most attractive when covered with a
 lattice top, this is good alone or with ice cream.