Grammy's Kitchen · Cherry Pie · Cherry Pie
One of 24 cherry pie recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 24 for browning depth among the cherry pie recipes we compared. 6 cooks on littlesunnykitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 24.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 0% | 6% |
| liquid | 0% | 6% |
| total sugar | 65% | 46% |
| egg | 22% | 11% |
| thickener | 14% | 5% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 230 g | 1 double pie crust (click for recipe) |
| 5 cups cherries (pitted and left whole) | |
| 150 g | 3/4 cup granulated sugar |
| 32 g | 1/4 cup cornstarch |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract) |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon lemon juice |
| 50 g | 1 egg (beaten and mixed with 1 tablespoon water for egg wash) |
Method: 8 steps, published by littlesunnykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.