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Cherry Pie
Bright red fresh tart cherries + maple sugar = yummy cherry pie!
My cherry trees produced really well this year so I wanted to enjoy the bounty. I love the contrast of tart cherries and maple sugar. I don’t have a cherry pitter so I used a chop stick to remove the pits (although another year I may invest in a manual pitter). I use maple sugar in my pies – you substitute 1:1 white to maple in any recipe you use. The tart cherries are balanced by the sweet maple sugar.
For 9-inch Two Crust Pastry
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 6-7 Tablespoons ice cold water
Combine the flour and salt. Cut in the shortening using a pastry blender or food processor on “pulse.”Combine lightly until the mixture resembles course meal or really tiny peas.Sprinkle water over the mixture 1 Tbsp at a time and mix lightly with a fork or your hands.(If you used a food processor, transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl before adding the water.)
Cherry Filling
- 2 cups Fresh cherries – pitted
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup Maple Sugar
- 2 tablespoons tapioca
- 1 1/2 tablespoons corn starch
Best served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream sprinkled with maple sugar
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