Valentine's Rustic Sweet Cherry Pie

I have a lot of time on my hands now. With this newly acquired treasure, I decided to make dishes that take a wee bit of extra time and care. I didnt realize how easy this pie would be to make, especially since it required only one crust. Also, the best part of baking this pie was making it in the afternoon. Usually, when I get home from work it is so late at night and that hinders the quality of my pictures as I struggle to find the right lighting to best showcase what I cooked. The advantage of cooking in daylight, is just that, cooking in daylight . Today was a pretty busy day for me in the kitchen. Yesterday's Roast chicken made today's chicken noodle soup. My thought in Whole Foods about a month ago to make cherry pie, also came to fruition today. I made it. I am new to pies. I am new to fruit pies rather. I have made pumpkin pie's many times, but never even an apple one. The dough was made from Duncan Hines Pastry flour that came in a box. However I have the best intentions when I will be making this pie completely and totally fresh this coming spring. Watch out for that! But in the meantime, this Cherry Pie was the sweetest sweet dish I ever had... *yum*

This valentines day, try making a cherry pie. It is oh so good!

Rustic Sweet Cherry Pie

1lb bag of frozen sweet cherries (thawed and drained)
1 tablespoon corn starch
1/4th cup sugar/white or brown
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 lime (lime juice)
Mix all above ingredients in a bowl
Duncan Hines Pie Crust powder/mix dough according to instructions

9" Pie Plate. Place the dough flat into the pie plate
Fill the plate with the cherry mixture and fold the edges over towards the center. Brush edges with milk and sprinkle vanilla sugar (or any other color/flavor desired).
Bake @ 350 degrees for about 50 minutes, or till golden brown.