Grammy's Kitchen · Cherry Pie · Cherry Pie
One of 24 cherry pie recipes we measured
from preppykitchen.com
It ranks #1 of 24 for fruit flavour among the cherry pie recipes we compared. 43 cooks on preppykitchen.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 24.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 6% | 6% |
| liquid | 0% | 6% |
| total sugar | 58% | 46% |
| egg | 0% | 11% |
| thickener | 11% | 5% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 650 g | 4 cups fresh cherries ((650g)) |
| 266 g | 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar ((266g)) |
| 31 g | 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice ((about 1 lemon)) |
| 50 g | 5 tablespoons cornstarch ((50g)) |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons butter (cubed) |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon almond extract |
| 460 g | 2 homemade pie crusts |
| egg wash ((1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon milk)) | |
| coarse sugar |
Method: 6 steps, published by preppykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This was delicious! Not too sweet, just right. I used the referenced pie crust recipe, which was also good. It is more of a cross between a traditional pie crust and a pastry crust, which was fine with me. However, the pie recipe calls for two pie crusts. ” — a cook, 5.0★
“this has been THE most delightful pie recipe! my cherries were frozen and on the sweeter side, so i added a tiny bit more lemon to balance it out. it's wonderfully gooey but still solid, and really easy to make! i've experimented with different fruits, the rec” — a cook, 5.0★