Classic Reddish Pie

If you lot follow my weblog regularly, you lot know that I savour combining recipes to larn an destination upshot that suits us. That's what I did amongst this cherry pie recipe.

The outset cherry pie recipe I tried tasted OK, but at that spot was a watery liquid inwards the bottom of the pie that seperated from the filling...not a proficient thing.

Next, I tried a recipe that used flour equally a thickener, but it left a cloudy filling ... non what I wanted.

Next I tried tapioca to thicken the filling as well as it eliminated the cloudy fruit filling problem, but it was difficult to guage only how much tapioca was plenty as well as how much was equally good much; it also produced inconsistent results...not good.

So, equally usual, I took a petty flake of this recipe as well as added it to that recipe as well as thence threw inwards a twosome of my ain ideas as well as came upward amongst todays recipe. I served it on Father's Day as well as picky-picky married adult man truly said  "This is THE best cherry pie I've ever eaten!!"  After I picked myself upward off of the flooring (not literally, lol) , I knew I had a winner!!!

 

 

The filling is sweetness as well as the crust is unbelievably flaky as well as delicious.  Some people freak out amongst a pie crust that uses shortening, however, non solely does shortening create a flakier crust, but it has HALF of the saturated fatty of butter!! NOTE: I ever us butter flavored Crisco inwards my crusts.

CHERRY PIE FILLING

(2) xiv ounce cans unsweetened tart pie cherries
1 1/2  cups granulated sugar     DIVIDED
4 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons corn starch
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon almond extract  (do non operate out out)
2 teaspoons butter, room temperature

Drain the cherries but SAVE THE LIQUID.  Put 1 loving cup of the liquid into a heavy saucepan amongst the corn starch, common salt as well as HALF OF THE SUGAR, mix well.

Bring this mixture to a boil, piece stirring, as well as develop until it gets VERY THICK (only takes a infinitesimal or thence 1 time it starts to boil (keep stirring fast).

Remove from oestrus as well as stir inwards the butter, almond extract as well as the OTHER HALF of the sugar, mix well.  Gently crimp inwards the drained cherries.  Let cool piece you lot brand the pie crust.

 

This is the all fourth dimension best pie crust I stimulate got EVER made as well as I've made tons of them.  This dough handles beautifully (no take away to chill the dough) as well as makes either iii unmarried crusts or a large 2 crust pie amongst some left over. Everyone I've served this crust to is wild almost it.

PIE CRUST

4 cups all utilisation flour
1 3/4  cups butter flavored Crisco shortening
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup H2O ice mutual depression temperature water

Cut the shortening into the flour amongst a pastry cutter (or a twosome of forks) until the shortening is almost one-half the size of a light-green pea.

Mix the sugar, salt, egg, vanilla as well as H2O ice water together, until good mixed, thence add together it all to the flour-shortening mixture. Work it amongst your hands until everything comes together inwards a big ball. Try to exercise this fairly chop-chop thence that the oestrus of your hands doesn't melt the shortening. No take away to chill this dough.

Roll out a bottom crust, on a floured counter,  to fit a 9" pie pan.  Put the cherry filling into the bottom crust as well as thence brush the edges of the crust amongst a petty egg white that has a few drops of H2O whisked into it (this volition assist "glue" the bottom crust to the come about crust).

Roll out a come about crust, on a floured counter, and lay it over the filled bottom crust.  Cut off the extra dough that hangs over the rim of the pie plate (see note). Pinch the come about as well as bottom crust edges together (or utilisation a fork). 

After you lot stimulate got pinched the ii crusts together, brush the come about pie crust amongst to a greater extent than of the egg white launder (the same that you lot used to "glue" the edges ) as well as thence sprinkle the whole surface, lightly, amongst granulated sugar.

Cut several modest vent holes inwards the come about crust.  Bake inwards 375 preheated oven for 35 to 45 minutes or until the crust is golden brownish (I commonly operate out it inwards for 45 minutes). COOL PIE COMPLETELY BEFORE CUTTING.

 

NOTE: When you lot are trimming the excess unbaked crust from roughly the rim of the pie pan, operate out it only a petty long thence that you lot tin tuck nether the border earlier you lot pinch the pie border into a design.

NOTE: I bake all of my pies on a cookie canvass only inwards illustration they fall over.

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Butterscotch Cream Pie

Picky-Picky hubby has declared this pie his all fourth dimension favorite. I similar it because of the sugariness together with flaky crust, the truthful butterscotch season together with the stabilized whipped cream topping (I gauge it is my favorite too).

BLUE RIBBON SWEET AND FLAKY PIE CRUST  (three 10" crusts)

4 cups all role flour
1 3/4 cups butter flavored Crisco
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg  lightly beaten
1/2 loving cup mutual depression temperature water

Cut the butter flavored Crisco into the flour (I direct keep never made this amongst butter, together with thence I can't comment on that). When the Crisco is nigh the size of a modest pea, add together the balance of the ingredients together with mix amongst your hands until it comes together inwards a ball. Cover together with allow sit down on the counter for nigh xv minutes earlier you lot whorl it out.

Roll i 3rd of the pie dough out together with stand upwards for it into a 9" pie plate. Cut off excess and crimp the laissez passer on edge. Prick the bottom of the pie dough amongst a fork (see note). Bake inwards pre-heated 425°F oven for 15-18 minutes or until golden.  Remove from oven together with allow cool.

BUTTERSCOTCH FILLING  (fills one 10" pie)

1 1/2 cups brownish carbohydrate (I usage black brown)
1/4 loving cup + 1½ teaspoons cornstarch
5 egg YOLKS only
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups milk (I usage 2%)
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract


In a saucepan that has a heavy bottom, mix the brownish carbohydrate together with cornstarch FIRST. Next add together the egg yolks, salt, together with milk.  Whisk until polish together with run a spatula simply about the edges of the pan to brand certain you lot larn everything out of the corners.

Cook, stirring constantly with a whisk, until the mixture is thick together with bubbly (once it starts to thicken, it volition thicken quickly). When it's overnice together with thick, withdraw from oestrus together with add together butter and vanilla together with mix well.

This side past times side mensuration isn't absolutely necessary, but it volition guarantee you lot a silky polish filling: Just earlier you lot pour it into the crust, pose it through a strainer.

Pour filling into baked pie shell together with house plastic roll straight on the surface of the hot pudding.  Chill for several hours or overnight earlier cutting.

STABILIZED WHIPPED CREAM TOPPING

1 cups heavy whipping cream
1/4 loving cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin powder
4 teaspoons mutual depression temperature water

In a modest cup, mix the unflavored gelatin pulverization together with mutual depression temperature H2O until dissolved. Let this sit down on the counter until it turns fairly solid.  After it turns fairly venture (takes a couple minutes) reheat the mixture until it turns dorsum to a liquid. I create this inwards my microwave together with it takes ii or 3 seconds ONLY...don't allow it larn hot!!  Set it aside to cool off a little, you lot don't desire it hot, but don't allow it cool together with thence much that it gets thick again.

Next Whip the heavy whipping cream, powdered carbohydrate together with vanilla until you lot larn real soft peaks. With the mixer nonetheless running, dribble inwards the softened gelatin together with piece of occupation along whipping until you lot larn rigid peaks (this happens pretty quickly). 

Spread on laissez passer on of the pie. I laissez passer on mine amongst toasted sliced almonds.

NOTE: Make certain you lot usage a fork to poke holes inwards the bottom of the crust earlier you lot bake it, this is called "docking" together with it volition assistance your crust bake flat. I unremarkably simply press the tines of the fork through the raw crust nigh an inch apart all over the pie bottom.

NOTE: I've ever made this pie crust amongst butter flavored Crisco. I direct keep no stance how it would plow out using butter.

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