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Homemade Cherry Pie for Two

Author: Marinka
The cherry pie may be the one pie that represents summer the best. It is a little labor intensive, especially when you don’t have a cherry pitter. It is worth it though, even for a Homemade Cherry Pie for Two.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour
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Servings: 2 people

Ingredients

  • 1 store-bought pie crust

Pie Filling

  • 2 1/4 cup cherries
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon almond extract

Egg Wash

  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • tubinado sugar

Instructions

  • If you keep your pie crust in the freezer, you'll need to take it out of the freezer the night before you want to bake this Cherry Pie for Two.
  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Make the filling: Pit the cherries. Use a tool, a pitter, or just a small kitchen knife (like I did). Cherries don't really color your fingers, so not to worry about that. Cut the cherry in half, take the pit out and then cut the half in half.
  • Transfer the cherry to a bowl and add, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, vanilla and almond extract. Place bowl in the fridge.
  • Most store-bought pie crust packages contain 2 crusts; we only need one for the bottom and the crust.
  • Take one crust out of the package and place it on your kitchen counter. You may want to roll a just a little bit thinner.
  • Cut a circle of your dough a little larger than your pie dish. My pie dish has a diameter of almost 7-inches. Place the dough into the pie dish and tuck it against the sides and make sure the bottom is smooth.
  • Spoon the filling onto the dough. Use a slotted spoon, you don't want all the juice into your pie.
  • Make the lattice. From the left-over dough you can make your lattice and this is the point where your creativity can go wild. Use a pastry wheel, a pizza cutter, a knife, whatever it takes and cover your pie with your design or just with a traditional lattice (like I did). Wherever the lattice touches the pie crust bottom, pinch it together. Cut of excess of dough.
  • Make your egg wash by whisking together the milk and the egg and brush your pie dough with it.
  • Last step is to sprinkle the pie with turbinado sugar.
  • Place the pie in the oven on top of a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Lower the temperature to 375 degrees F and bake for an additional 30 minutes (covered with aluminum foil).
  • Cool the pie for a couple of hours before you start cutting it. Whatever you don't eat in one serving, cover up and store in the fridge.

Nutrition

Calories: 656kcal | Carbohydrates: 107g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Sodium: 352mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 53g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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