Grammy's Kitchen · Cherry Pie · Homemade Cherry Pie
One of 24 cherry pie recipes we measured
from therecipecritic.com
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 | 6% | 6% |
| total sugar | 43% | 46% |
| egg | 11% | 11% |
| thickener | 7% | 5% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 460 g | 2 Homemade (or store bought pie crusts) |
| 4 Cups fresh or frozen sour cherries and their juice (pitted) | |
| 200 g | 1 Cup granulated sugar |
| 32 g | 1/4 cup cornstarch |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon almond extract |
| 15 g | 1 Tablespoon lemon juice |
| 28 g | 2 Tablespoon unsalted butter |
| 50 g | 1 egg yolk |
| 30 g | 2 Tablespoon water |
Method: 2 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.