Best Cherry Pie Recipe

5 from 1 vote

Made with homemade cherry pie filling and a flaky, buttery crust, this is the best cherry pie recipe. Simple, delicious, and perfect for any occasion.

Prep Time15

Cook Time1 5

Total Time1 20

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 417kcal

Author: Brandy Nelson

Ingredients

Filling

2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
⅔ cup shortening
3 Tbsp. cold butter
2 teaspoons canola oil
⅓ cup milk
1 Tbsp. vinegar or lemon juice

Cherry Pie Filling

4 cups pitted cherries
¼ cup water
4 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
⅓ cup sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
¼ teaspoon almond extract

Instructions

Crust

Mix flour and salt in bowl. Cut in shortening and butter with a pastry blender or two forks until it resembles coarse crumbs the size of peas.
Combine milk and vinegar in a small bowl. Add to flour mixture along with oil and mix until all flour is moistened.
Divide dough in half and cover unused portion. Roll out the other portion and line the bottom of your pie pan with the crust.

Filling

Heat cherries and all of the filling ingredients in a medium sauce pan. Bring to a boil, while stirring. Reduce heat to LOW and simmer, stirring frequently to prevent burning, until thickened (3-5 minutes). Allow filling to cool before pouring into pie crust.

Baking Pie

Pour filling into pie pan that has the botton crust. Roll out top crust and place on top, pinching edges to seal. Cut a few slits for venting.
If you'd like to make a lattice top follow our step by step instructions linked in the post.
Sprinkle with sugar and bake at 400 degrees for 65 minutes. If pie begins to brown too much you can tent it with foil for the last 20 minutes of baking.
Cool 1 hour before serving.

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Notes

Freezing Cherry Pie: You can easily freeze an unbaked pie by wrapping it in plastic wrap, then wrapping it in foil before placing it into the freezer. Pies can be frozen up to 4 months. DO NOT THAW before baking the frozen pie. Place unwrapped frozen pie on a baking sheet and bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes, then 350 degrees for 60 minutes or until done.

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