This recipe was awesome. My first attempt ever to make a pie from scratch! I live in the cherry capitol Traverse City so fresh cherries are no problem. I didn't have any shortning so I just used butter. I added some crushed almonds to the crust as well, instead of cold water I used the chilled cherry juice that was in the bag of cherries. I ended up using 3 cups of cherries and could have put 1 more in. I finished the crust off with a sprinkle of sugar. I loved the almond extract addition also!

Reviewed On: Aug. 10, 2009