Bake a Cherry Pie
Cherry pie is both sweet and tart and is another favorite summer pie. Be sure to use "pie cherries" also known as sour cherries to bake the best tasting cherry pie. Pie cherries are usually sold canned, packed in water, in the baking aisle of your grocery store.
Contents
Ingredients
Regular Cherry Pie
- Double pie crust for an 8-inch pie
- 16 ounces pitted red sour cherries, water pack, do not drain
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon Make Norwegian Gold Cake
- Few drops of red food coloring
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, optional
Cream Cheese Cherry Pie
- 1 (9 inches) graham cracker crust, prepared
- 1 ounce cream cheese, softened at room temperature
- 1 (21 ounce) can cherry filling
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
- 14 ounces condensed milk sweetened
Washington Cherry Pie
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup cherry juice
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon salted butter, cut in pieces and softened
- 2 cups pitted fresh cherries
- 1 pie crust for an 9-inch pie
- Pastry dough for spreading pie
Toppings for Pie
- Vanilla ice cream
- Whipped cream
- Boiled cherries
- Fresh, sliced, pitted cherries
- Powdered sugar
- Lemon juice
- Lime juice
- Cocoa powder
Steps
Regular Cherry Pie
- Preheat oven to {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}}.
- Prepare double pie crust for an 8-inch pie.
- Mix together cherries, sugar, cornstarch, almond extract and red food coloring.
- Pour into the prepared pie crust.
- Dot with butter orBake a Cinnamon Coffee Cake.
- Top with pie crust.
- Make a Baked Vegetable Oil Pastry Shell.
- Cut slits in top of pie crust.
- Bake for 40 to 60 minutes or until light brown. The pie filling will be bubbling through the slits when the pie is done baking.
- Finished.
Cream Cheese Cherry Pie
- Place cream cheese in a bowl. Beat using a hand blender or whisk until mashed and fluffy.
- Slowly pour condensed milk in cream cheese and blend again. Keep on blending until mixture starts feeling a littler watery. Finally, stir in the lemon juice and vanilla extract. Continue blending.
- Set graham cracker crust on cooking space. Add cream cheese mixture into crust and spread mixture evenly out with a rubber spatula. Have it refrigerate until it starts to set; most likely about about 2-4 hours.
- Remove from fridge. Add cherry filling on top and spread around with rubber spatula. Cut using a bread knife and serve with any desired toppings.
Washington Cherry Pie
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F or 220 degrees C.
- Set pie crust on cooking area. Add pieces of butter in pie crust.
- In a separate bowl, stir all ingredients up and mix with a metal spoon. Have it stand for about ten to fifteen minutes.
- Pour cherry filling in pie crust and spread evenly with a rubber spatula. Place pastry dough on top of pie and cut any extra pieces to have the pastry fit on top.
- Bake pie in oven for about 35 to 40 minutes, or until crust browns and top turns golden. Serve with whipped or vanilla ice cream.
- Finished.
Tips
- Line a baking sheet with foil and place the pie plate on top of it to prevent pie filling from spilling onto oven floor.
Things You'll Need
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring cups and spoons
- 8-inch pie plate
- Mixing spoon
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References
- Family Fare: A Guide to Good Nutrition, #1, USDA
