In this Instructable you will learn how to make one of the best award winning pies around. This pie is truly one of our favorites, you just have to have some! It takes just 20 minutes to prepare, and 45 minutes to bake.

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Step 1: Ingredients

For this recipe you will need the following:

Crust
-1/2 Cup Miniature Semisweet Chocolate Pieces
-5 Table Spoons Butter
-3/4 Cup Rolled Oats
-3/4 Cup All-purpose Flour
-1/4 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
-1 20-Ounce Can Reduced-Calorie Cherry Pie Filling

Filling
-1 16-Ounce Can Pitted Tart Red Cherries
-1/4 Teaspoon Almond Extract
-1/2 Cup All Purpose
-2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
-2 Tablespoons Rolled Oats
-3 Tablespoons Butter
-1/4 Cup Miniature Semisweet Chocolate Pieces

Step 2: Crust

For the Crust you will need the:

-1/2 Cup Miniature Semisweet Chocolate Pieces
-5 Table Spoons Butter
-3/4 Cup Rolled Oats
-3/4 Cup All-purpose Flour
-1/4 Cup Packed Brown Sugar

Grease a circular pie pan, mine is 10 inches. In a pan melt the chocolate pieces and the butter over low heat. Next mix in the Oats, Sugar, and Flour. Press this mixture into the pie tin, cover the bottom and the sides with it. Bake it in a 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes.

Step 3: Filling

For the Filling you will need the:

-1 20-Ounce Can Reduced-Calorie Cherry Pie Filling
-1 16-Ounce Can Pitted Tart Red Cherries
-1/4 Teaspoon Almond Extract

When the crust is baking combine the Cherries, The Cherry pie filling, and the Almond Extract. Pour this into the crust.

Step 4: Topping

For the topping you will need the:

-1/2 Cup All Purpose
-2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
-2 Tablespoons Rolled Oats
-3 Tablespoons Butter
-1/4 Cup Miniature Semisweet Chocolate Pieces

In a bowl Stir the Flour, Sugar, and the Oats. Use a pastry blender* to cut in the butter until it looks like crumbs. then add in the chocolate pieces. sprinkle this mixture over the pie, and bake in a 350 degree oven for 40-45 minutes. Serves ten.

*If you do not have one just use two knives.