Do you have a never-fail recipe you use for cherry pie?

13 years ago

I am no cook or baker, but I'd love to try to make a cherry pie. (Let's go slow: Maybe start with a premade crust from the refrigerated section? LOL!)

Just got a cravin'! And the supermarket pies just always taste blah to me...

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Marilyn Sue McClintock
13 years ago
If you don't want to go with fresh cherries, buy a can of cherry pie filling, add a little extra sugar, some almond extract. Put in your pie shell, add a little butter on top and then put on the top crust. Sprinkle a bit of white sugar and bake.

Sue
sjarz
13 years ago
I have always thought the crust is what makes baking a pie seem so daunting - even though they are not quite as good as home made, the ready made pie crusts make it so easy to bake a great pie.
Marilyn Sue, your recipe sounds delicious!
Suzan J
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patti43
13 years ago
Growing up in my small hometown in Indiana, pie baking was an art and if you made a good pie, you could probably have a statue of yourself on the courthouse lawn! LOL!

This recipe came from one of the many bake-offs the Home Extension office put on during the year. It is the recipe from a lady who was famous for her pies. She made them for the best restaurant in town and was the go-to person if you wanted pie for a special occasion. Her crust was made of lard and just about melted in your mouth. Anyway, here is her cherry pie recipe. It's the only one I use. I haven't made one in years (but now I'm craving) and the recipe doesn't give the oven temp and I don't remember???

CHERRY PIE

2 c. canned tart cherries, drained (save juice)
1 c. cherry juice
1 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
3 Tbsp, flour
1/3 tsp. red food coloring (optional)
1/8 tsp. almond extract
1 Tbsp. butter

Mix sugar, salt and flour together. Add cherry juice, food coloring and extract. Stir well. Carefully add cherries.
patti43
13 years ago
Sure wish we could edit our posts. After you put the cherry mixture in the pie crust, dot with butter and add the top crust. Then bake!!
jannie
13 years ago
Yes, buy the pre-made Pillsbury pastry and a can of prepared cherry pie filling. I found some half-the-sugar pie filling and it was delicious.
glenda_al
13 years ago
I love a cherry cobbler. Anything cobbler.
okwriter
13 years ago
Sara Lee.
sheesh
13 years ago
Or Mrs. Smith.

When you get bold enough to make a pie crust, use lard for the best crust in the world. It's the secret ingredient! I'm of the school that says if you're going to dump cans of stuff into a prepared crust, you may as well bake a frozen one instead. Except for pumpkin, then I use canned.

Ain't I a pain in the a$$?

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Do you have a never-fail recipe you use for cherry pie?

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