Cherry Pie
This fresh cherry pie recipe is delicious and a show stopper with its lattice crust. Made with a homemade cherry pie filling that can be used for a variety of cherry desserts. Simple, delicious and perfect for summer.
Servings 8
Calories 464kcal
Ingredients
Filling
- 2 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 3 Tbsp. cold butter
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 Tbsp. vinegar or lemon juice
Cherry Pie Filling
- 4 cups pitted cherries
- 1/4 cup water
- 4 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 1/4 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 Pie: I like making two pies at once. If you're going to make a mess in your kitchen might as well make it worth it! 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 for 60 minutes or until done.
Nutrition
Calories: 464kcal