Editor's note: Use these roasted cherries to make Jeni Britton Bauer's Goat Cheese Ice Cream with Roasted Red Cherries .

　　Roasting cherries concentrates the flavors and natural fruit sugars. Roasted cherries are great for putting in ice cream, for adding on top of it while serving, or even in a pie à la mode sundae.

Ingredients

　　2 cups pitted fresh or frozen (not thawed) red or black cherries

　　2/3 cup sugar

　　2 teaspoons cornstarch

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