Cherry Pie

Name: Cherry Pie
Yield: Makes One 9- or 10-inch Pie
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ cup sugar for Bing cherries, or ¾ cup sugar for sour cherries, plus extra for sprinkling; ¼ cup water; 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (optional); 3 tablespoons cornstarch; 3 pints fresh Bing or sour cherries, pitted, or three 12-ounce bags frozen pitted cherries, thawed (about 5 cups)

Preparation info

Makes
One
9- or 10 inch Pie

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking

By James Peterson

Published 2007

About

In this version of an American favorite, the cherries are precooked, the liquid they release is thickened with cornstarch, the thickened liquid is recombined with cherries, and the mixture is baked in a covered pie.

Ingredients

Double recipe Basic Pie and Tart Dough or Sweet Basic Pie and Tart Dough
3 pints fresh Bing or sour cherries, pitted, or

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Have ready a 9- or 10-inch glass or metal pie plate. Roll out half of the dough into a round about 4 inches larger in diameter than the pie plate and line the plate by simply pressing the dough against the bot