Black Forest Chokecherry Pie

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 chocolate 9 inch pie shell, baked and cooled (add 1/4 cocoa and two tablespoons extra water to your favorite pie crust recipe or use recipezaar #1)
• 2 cups chokecherry juice
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 4 ounces whipped topping, such as cool whip
• 6 ounces whipped topping, such as cool whip
• 2 ounces whipped topping, such as cool whip

Recipe

• 1 divide juice into 1/2 cup and 1-1/2 cup portions.
• 2 mix cornstarch and 1/2 cup juice.
• 3 heat 1-1/2 cup juice with sugar in a non-reactive saucepan and bring to a boil.
• 4 add cornstarch-juice mixture; cook to thicken.
• 5 add salt and almond extract.
• 6 set aside to cool.
• 7 to make the first layer: beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar, and whipped topping; spread in shell.
• 8 for the second layer: reserve 1/2 cup of cooled chokecherry pudding and pour the rest over the cream cheese mixture.
• 9 for the third layer: beat reserved 1/2 cup of chokecherry sauce into six ounces of the whipped topping.
• 10 spread onto pudding sauce carefully, using a spoon for best results.
• 11 mound the rest of the whipped topping around the edges or all in center.
• 12 sprinkle with slivered chocolate for garnish and place chokecherries on for decoration.
• 13 serve chilled.