Sour Cherry Pie
You can use any double pie crust here, your favorite pre-made, or try my favorite – this Stand-Mixer Crust from Food52, which is everything you want in an all-butter crust: quick, easy AND both tender and flaky. Totally worth getting out your stand mixer, I promise!
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 60-75 min
- Total Time: 80-95 min, plus cooling
- Yield: 1-9"pie, 8 servings 1x
- Category: Pies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
Crust:
- 9” double pie crust, homemade or storebought is fine, too. (see link above for my favorite homemade crust)
Filling:
- 6 c sour cherries, pitted, completely thawed if frozen(about 2 lb.)
- 1 c Granulated Sugar
- 4 T Cornstarch
- Pinch Salt (1/4-1/3 tsp)
- 2 t lemon juice
- 1/4 t Almond Extract
- (optional) 1 t Natural Vanilla Extract
(Optional finish)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 T half-and-half, cream, or milk
- 1 tsp Turbinado or Demarara sugar
Instructions
Preheat Oven:
- Preheat oven to 425F. Place a sheet pan or large cast-iron skillet in the oven to preheat as well.
Make Cherry Filling:
- Place the cherries in a large bowl. Into a smaller bowl, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Set aside. Pour the lemon juice, almond and vanilla (if using) extracts over the cherries and mix well.
- Stir in the sugar mixture until evenly incorporated.
- Pour coated cherries into the bottom crust.
- Top with vented top crust or build a lattice (see photos and instructions.) Brush the top with a wash made from the beaten egg and milk/cream/half-and-half. Sprinkle with Turbinado sugar.
- Place in preheated oven, on top of the preheated pan. After 15 minutes, reduce temperature to 375F (or 350F for convection/fan oven). Check occasionally to see if edges of crust are beginning to brown too much. If so, place a wrapping of foil over them.
- Bake until the cherry juice is thickened and bubbling up in the middle, about 45-65 more minutes.
- Cool pie at least an hour before serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8 pie
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