Hot Cherry Pie

I have tried to make pies from scratch and .... it was embarrassing. I like to cook, and an awesome pie crust is a wonderful thing - how hard could it be?
For me - impossible, until I happened upon this cheerily clear, foolproof, can't mess it up, instruction on how to make pie crust ....

Awesome Pie Crust Made Easy

With rekindled enthusiasm, I tried to think of a pie filling that would not be too sweet, and have something else going on. I like spicey, never met a pepper I didn't like. Still, not everyone eats chilis for breakfast, and I didn't want to send anyone to hospital, but a little bit of pepper wouldn't hurt, would it?
I looked in the cupboard and found a couple cans of unsweetened cherries, and a can of pears in light syrup. Had some molassas in the back of the fridge and a bag of hulled walnuts on the counter. I also had some fresh habenero peppers, bright pretty red lovelies ....
I commenced to cooking and it went something like this ....

2 cans unsweetened cherries, drain one, keep the juice from the other

1 can pears in light syrup, drained and chopped up to cheery size

about a quarter cup of molasses

1 cup or so of finely chopped walnuts

no onions - come'on, what d'ya think this is?

enough corn starch to thick it up - use onions, if you must

1/2 finely chopped habenero pepper - do not rub your eyes, ears or other places

mix it all up

cook down to thick

plop it in the crust and bake

set the oven to pie baking temperature, or guess, works for me

Really, that's all there is to it, and it wasn't too hot at all, pretty tasty.

I have tried to make pies from scratch and .... it was embarrassing. I like to cook, and an awesome pie crust is a wonderful thing - how hard could it be?

Next time, I think I'll use a whole pepper.