Dark Sweet Cherry Pie

Ingredients
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1 pie crust (homemade or store bought)
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36 oz of sweet cherries
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.25 cup of Wild Roots Dark Sweet Cherry Vodka
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.25 cup sugar
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.5 cup brown sugar
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Zest from one lemon
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⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
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Pinch of kosher salt
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2 tablespoons cornstarch
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1 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
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1 egg
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1 tablespoon water
Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Step 2
Roll out pie crust
Step 3
Place cherries, vodka, sugars, lemon zest, salt and nutmeg in a large saucepan. Let stand with no heat for 15 min.
Step 4
After 15 minutes, sprinkle cornstarch over the cherries and mix to coat. Turn the burner on medium, let cook until the liquid thickens, about 5 minutes.
Step 5
Let cool to room temperature, then pour mixture into pie crust and dot with butter pieces.
Step 6
Roll out the second half of the pie crust and create a weaving pattern over top of the cherry mixture.
Step 7
Mix egg and water together and brush it over the crust
Step 8
Bake pie for 20 minutes at 400 degrees, then lower the temperature to 350 and bake another 20-30 minutes. Cool to warm temperature on a wire rack.