A new kitchen gadget and cherry pie

Big surprise...I bought a new kitchen gadget! This is the OXO cherry pitter. I couldn't take another summer of cutting the pits out of cherries for my 2 year old, and this was just what I was looking for.

Imagine my surprise when the package said it pits olives, too! I thought olives grew on trees with those little red pimentoes already in them. (Kidding here, people.)


Pitting these was a breeze.

And what else do you do with all those pretty pitted cherries? Why, make pie, of course.

I wanted to be all cute and stuff, so I made it in a 8x10 baker, with stars for vents. Who says I have to make my pie round?

Super Easy Cherry Pie Filling

You'll need:

4 cups pitted cherries

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

2 tbsp. corn starch

Heat the cherries and water in a sauce pan for about 10 minutes

Mix the sugar and starch. Add to cherries and water in pan and cook until thick. (You know, like pie filling!)

Pour the filling into a pie crust and bake according to the crust's instructions. (Don't be a hero, buy the ready made store crusts. Once you unroll them, no one will know the difference. Just don't tell Martha!)

These are what I use to make vents in my pies. I have these little fondant cutters in tons of shapes (and I have never, ever rolled one piece of fondant!)


And, of course, I got a new Williams-Sonoma catalog in the mail today, filled with no less than a dozen things I just have to have. Look at these. Now those pies are really stinkin' cute!