Sour Cherry Recipe Needed

[Colsgirl]

Hi,

Knowing how resourceful the people on here are, does anyone have a good recipe for cake, cookies or something similar that I can make using sour cherries. I bought some this moning because they looked so goos and now I am trying to figure out what to do with them.

TIA

[Lynn49]

I made my hubby a Black Forest cake for his b'day last month...here's what I did with the cherries...it's a pie filling but it worked just as well in the cake!

3 pints fresh sour cherries, stemmed, rinsed and picked over
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons unsalted butter

To make the filling, pit the cherries over a bowl. Use a cherry pitter, or slash the side of each one with a stainless steel paring knife and squeeze gently to extract the pits. Put the cherries in a bowl as they are pitted.

-When all the cherries have been pitted drain the juices from the bowl into a non-reactive saucepan and add 1 cup of the cherries and the sugar. Bring to a simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar is melted and the mixture is very liquid–about 5 minutes.

-Combine the cornstarch and water in a small bowl and whisk the cherry and sugar mixture into it. Return to the pan and cook, stirring constantly, over low heat, until it comes to a boil thickens and becomes clear. If it does not become clear, continue to cook over low heat an additional few minutes until it does.

-Pour into a large bowl and stir in the remaining filling ingredients, except the cherries then add the remaining cherries.