Chocolate Covered Cherry Pie - Crystal Sugar

Ingredients

• 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, soft
• 2/3 cup Crystal Sugar Confectioners Powdered Sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 7/8 cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour or gluten-free flour*
• 2 cans (14.5 oz each) red tart cherries in water
• 3 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons corn starch
• 7/8 cup Crystal Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
• 1/3 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon Crystal Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
• 1/2 cup small, chopped chocolate bar or chips, about 55% cocoa mass
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• Few fresh or maraschino cherries