But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

While other similarities to this famous lady of song may be lacking, it turns out that I can also bake a cherry pie.

I had found an intriguing recipe here earlier this summer.

When I found cherries on sale at the local grocery store, I had just the project in mind.

After sorting the good cherries from the bad (there was a reason they were on sale), I began the rather tedious and violent  task of disemboweling the cherries.

Ok, ok, I just took the pits out, but you have to admit, disemboweling is an apt description with all that red juice.

Here are the cherries (about 4 cups worth - I had enough to double the recipe) with a cup of water.

Here they are after I added a cup of sugar and 1/4 cup of cornstarch.  In retrospect, these cherries were pretty sweet and probably didn't need that much sugar.

Here's the pie crust on a sheet pan with the filling in the middle.  I also need to get better at making pie crusts. They never quite turn out as I would like.

All folded up, painted with egg, sprinkled with sugar, and ready to go!

Bubbling in the oven...

...and here's the finished product!

I wouldn't call it a screaming success, but for my first attempt at any sort of cherry pie, it wasn't too bad.