Grammy's Kitchen · Cherry Pie · The BEST Cherry Pie
One of 24 cherry pie recipes we measured
It ranks #4 of 24 for sweetness perceived among the cherry pie recipes we compared. 4 cooks on kristineskitchenblog.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 | 81% | 6% |
| liquid | 32% | 6% |
| total sugar | 49% | 46% |
| egg | 18% | 11% |
| dairy | 4% | 0% |
| thickener | 11% | 5% |
| salt | 2% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 907 g | 6 cups sweet cherries (2 pounds, pitted and halved*) |
| 133 g | 2/3 cup granulated sugar (see note) |
| 43 g | 1/3 cup cornstarch |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon lemon juice |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional*) |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (for dotting on the filling) |
| 270 g | 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 12 g | 1 tablespoon granulated sugar |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 227 g | 1 cup cold unsalted butter (cut into cubes) |
| 104 g | 7 tablespoons ice-cold water |
| 50 g | 1 egg |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon milk |
| coarse sugar or granulated sugar (for sprinkling, optional) |
Method: 15 steps, published by kristineskitchenblog.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Made this for Friendsgiving this year and it was amazing” — a cook, 5.0★
“My go to recipe for cherry pie. Really delicious.” — a cook, 5.0★