Cherry Pickin' Good

I woke up this morning with a sore shoulder and arm. It was Monday morning and I didn't work on art all weekend long. So,why is it hurting? Oh, that's right - I went cherry picking yesterday. We have a "darling" little Orchard community called Greenbluff not far from where I live and it's cherry pickin' time. I went with some friends and we loaded up on cherries - the sour pie kind and and sweet eatin' kind.

After a very hot afternoon in the orchard and a quick swim to cool down......I made a cherry pie to bring into the office today. (When I was picking away - it had sort of slipped my mind that I was going to have to pit all these cherries!)

Before I would let anyone eat it - I made Tom take a picture of me with my pie. When I actually come up with the time and energy to bake a pie - I feel it should be documented. 

I relied on good old Betty Crocker for my recipe which was basically -
6 cups pitted and drained pie cherries (they go down a lot in size after they are pitted)
1 1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
2 Tablespoons butter dotted on filling
(Make or buy the crust that's ready to roll out and bake - I confess, that's what I did)

I baked for 30 minutes at 450 degrees (crust was a touch dark- maybe 425 would have been better) and 15 minutes at 350 and it seemed to come out all right.

The staff said it was pretty good - but some vanilla ice cream would have been nice.
Oh, and take two Advil for the shoulder ache.
Debbie

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