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Sweet Cherry Pie

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Everyday Food

Bings fill in for the usual (but harder to find) sour cherries in this summer pie. A simplified lattice crust gives you all the wows with half the work!

Prep: 30 minutes
Total: 1 hour 30 minutes plus cooling

Ingredients

Serves 10

  • 2 pounds Bing cherries, pitted and halved
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • All-purpose flour, for rolling
  • 1 large egg yolk, beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash
  • 1 tablespoon turbinado or granulated sugar, for sprinkling
  • Basic Pie Dough for Sweet Cherry Pie

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees, with rack in lowest position. On a floured piece of parchment paper, roll one disk of dough to a 14-inch round. Wrap dough around rolling pin; unroll over a 9-inch pie plate. Gently fit into bottom and sides of plate (do not stretch dough). Using kitchen shears, trim dough to a 1-inch overhand all around. In a large bowl, combine cherries, granulated sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice; toss until cherries are coated. Pour into prepared bottom crust.
  2. On a floured piece of parchment paper, roll second disk of dough to a 14-inch round. Cut into eight 1 1/2-inch-wide strips; discard the shortest two. Weave strips over filling to form a lattice (see photo, page 28). Using kitchen shears, trim strips so they hang over rim by 1 inch. Tuck strips under rim of bottom crust; press to seal. Crimp with a fork all around the edge.
  3. Using a pastry brush, lightly brush lattice with egg wash, and sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
  4. Place pie on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until filling is bubbling rapidly all over, 60 to 70 minutes (tent with aluminum foil when crust starts to brown, about 40 minutes). Transfer pie to a wire rack, and let cool to room temperature, at least 3 hours.

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1-1 of 1 comments (last comment added 6/24/08 at 11:41 a.m. ET)

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6/24/08 at 11:41 a.m. ET

Wonderful recipe! I used fresh cherries I'd gotten at the local farmers' market and this pie turned out gorgeous and tasted as good as it looked! The crust recipe is a classic and is really easy to put together in the food processor. The secret to every pie crust is COLD ingredients! I even rolled out the pastry dough trimmings that were left, sprinkled it with cinnamon sugar, rolled it up and cut little spirals. I baked them at 400 until golden--a delish little treat!

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