With a buttery flaky pie crust and juicy cherry filling, this is the essential summer dessert!
Recipe Courtesy of Crisco
All-American Cherry Pie
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- Prep Time
- Minutes
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- Cook Time
- Minutes
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- Yield
- 1 pie
- Difficulty Level Intermediate
Ingredients
- Crust:
- 9-inch double crust Classic Crisco® Pie Crust
- Filling:
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 5 tablespoons All Purpose Flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans red sour pitted cherries, drained, 1/4 cup liquid reserved
- Few drops red food coloring
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- Glaze:
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons half-and-half or milk
Instructions
- Crust:
- Prepare pie crust as directed. Do not bake. Heat oven to 400°F.
- Filling:
- In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, flour and salt; add reserved 1/4 cup cherry juice and red food coloring, if desired.
- Stir until blended. Add cherries.
- Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil; boil 1 minute.
- Remove from heat; stir in butter and almond extract.
- Pour filling into unbaked pie crust.
- Roll out top crust. Using 1-1/2-inch star cutter, cut 3 stars in center of crust
- Place top crust over filling; trim and seal.
- Roll out leftover scraps to 1/8-inch thickness; cut into star garnishes. Place on crust as desired
- GLAZE:
- In a small bowl beat egg yolk with fork. Stir in half-and-half. Brush over top.
- Bake 40 minutes or until filling in center is bubbly and crust is golden brown. Cover edge with foil, if necessary, to prevent overbrowning.
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