Easy Bourbon Cherry Pie FIlling

Course: Dessert, Food Gift, fruit

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Bourbon cherries, Bourbon cherry pie filling, homemade cherry pie filling

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 20

Servings: servings

Calories: 137kcal

Author: Colleen Kennedy

Homemade Cherry Pie Filling is amazing on ice cream, in hand pies, pies, cakes, crepes on yogurt and so much more! Makes a delicious food gift too!

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Ingredients

4 heaping cups of fresh cherries, pitted and halved
1 TBS fresh squeezed lemon or lime
¼ cup bourbon
¼ cup water
⅔ cup sugar
2 ½ TBS cornstarch
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
Dash of salt

Instructions

Place (pitted & halved) cherries, the water and the bourbon in a pot and over medium heat bring them to a simmer. Allow the mixture to simmer for 12-15 minutes or until the cherries release their juices.
Meanwhile in a small bowl whisk cornstarch with your fresh lemon juice and a couple spoonful's of the juice from the pot of cherries. stir until smooth. This creates a slurry of sorts so that when you add it to the pot, you don't have cornstarch lumps.
Add your sugar mixture into your pot of cherries, stir well simmer for 3-4 minutes or until mixture thickens.
After a few minutes add in your cornstarch mixture and stir until combined.
Taste and adjust flavor to your preference.
Allow mixture to cool then spoon into a large mason jar (or 2) and keep in the fridge until using. Keeps for a week in the fridge.

Notes

Colleen's Notes: If you want to omit the bourbon, substitute 3 TBS water for it and 1 TBS fresh lime juice. Also, depending on the freshness of your cherries they may yield more juice at different times of the year. If they yield a lot of juice...just simmer them a bit longer. If they don't yield enough, add in a bit more water.

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