Fresh Hurricane Cherry Pie

Hurricanites know about these cherries. They ripen quick and the birds get to them so I've never had enough of them to do anything with except eat them fresh off the tree as fast as possible. Well, I just so happen to have a lot this year so before they got old, we decided to try a Hurricane Cherry Pie.

I used this recipe as my guide:

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/fresh-cherry-pie

My changes:

I used apple juice because I don't keep cherry juice on hand. 

I halved fresh cherries and added 4 cups to the hot sugar mixture and let it sit while I made the pie crust. I also brought the whole filing with the cherries back up to a boil to make sure the filing would set up. 

I added 2 tbs olive oil to the pie crust. 

For the filing I did not use nutmeg. I don't like it :)

I did use vanilla, almond extract and cinnamon. 

I actually followed the baking instructions and let it cool for about an hour. Goes great with vanilla ice cream.