about 14 ounces of pitted cherrieshalved or rough chopped (about 2 1/2 cups)
2Tbspsugar
juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2tspalmond extract
1Tbspcornstarch
shortbread dough
1cupflour
1/4cupalmond meal or almond flour
1/2cupsugar
pinchsalt
1/2tspbaking powder
1egg yolk
1tspalmond extract
1stick1/2 cup or 4 ounces cold, unsalted butter cut in pieces
topping
1/4cupsliced almonds
Directions
Set oven to 350F
Lightly spray an 8x8 baking pan
Stir together the cherries with the sugar, lemon juice, extract, and cornstarch. Set aside, tossing occasionally to encourage some of the juices to start flowing.
Put the flour, almond meal, sugar, salt, and baking powder into the bowl of a food processor and pulse to combine.
Add the yolk, extract, and butter, and pulse or process to combine just until the dough comes together, it will be crumbly.
Press 2/3 of the dough into the bottom of your pan to form the crust. Top with the cherries. Then crumble the remaining dough evenly over the cherries. Top with the sliced almonds and bake for about 40 minutes until the dough is just golden and the filling is bubbling.