Ingredients:

1 pie dough
3 cups red, sour, canned cherries, drained
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup cherry juice
1 tablespoon butter
4 drops red food coloring

Directions:

Combine sugar, salt and cornstarch in a small saucepan, add the cherry juice and blend. Cook and stir until the mixture begins to boil vigorously, then add drained cherries and continue to cook 2 to 3 minutes stirring gently.

Remove from the heat and add the butter and color. Cool. Roll out half the pie dough 1/8 inch thick and fit into an 8 inch pie pan. Trim 1/2 inch from the edge of the pan, fill with the cherry mixture and cover with remaining pie dough rolled and perforated to allow for the escape of steam.