Sour Cherry Pie
40 minutes
Serves
8
Ingredients
- 1 prepared double pie crust
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or
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup shortening
- Cold water
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and
- Chukar® Pie Filling
- Sugar, for topping
Directions
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Prepared crust:
- Buy a prepared double pie crust.
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Place bottom crust in pie pan.
- Fill with Chukar® Sour Cherry or Sweet Cherry Pie Filling.
- Cover with top crust; press edges together with a fork and cut shapes in the top for steam to escape, or weave a lattice top from strips of dough.
- Brush top crust with an egg wash (1 lightly beaten egg and 2 teaspoons water) and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until light brown and bubbly.
- Cool on rack one hour before serving.
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Homemade crust:
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Mix salt into flour. Using pastry blender, cut shortening into flour.
- Add 5 tablespoons water, one tablespoon at a time, stirring gently with a fork.
- Using your hands, gather dough into a ball. Divide and press into two flat rounds.
- Roll dough into a 1/8" thick round using a floured rolling pin on floured surface.
- Trim to 1-1/2" larger than inverted pie pan. Place bottom crust in pie pan.
- Fill with Chukar® Sour Cherry or Sweet Cherry Pie Filling.
- Cover with top crust; press edges together with a fork and cut shapes in the top for steam to escape, or weave a lattice top from strips of dough.
- Brush each top crust with an egg wash (1 lightly beaten egg and 2 teaspoons water) and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until light brown and bubbly.
- Cool on rack one hour before serving.
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The best!At last, a commercial cherry pie filling that really does taste totally homemade. It’s truly wonderful.
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