Homemade Cherry Pie.
On a recent visit to an awesome new grocery store that opened up near us called Fresh Thyme, I discovered they carried big 2.5 lb bags of red sour pie cherries. I was so excited! This is something hard to find where we live. You can find dark sweet cherries everywhere, and they are delicious for eating, but to make a good old-fashioned homemade cherry pie, you have to have the sour cherries.
I snagged a couple bags and was excited to get to make a cherry pie for hubby for Valentine’s Day last week.
If you are lucky enough to find sour cherries, here is the simple, old-fashioned recipe I use to make a classic cherry pie.
Bake a little love!
Cherry Pie
- 2.5 lbs (40 oz) Fresh or Frozen Red Sour Cherries
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 4 Tbsp tapioca
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 Double Crust Recipe (See our “Secret Family Pie Crust Recipe” here)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large bowl, combine cherries, sugar, tapioca, and almond extract. Mix well, and let sit while preparing pie crust.
Prepare crust and place bottom layer in pie plate. Fill with cherry mixture. Top filling with dabs of butter followed by top crust, being sure to cut slits or a shape to allow bubbling and steam to escape. Spread a small amount of milk or water on top crust, and sprinkle with an additional tablespoon of sugar if desired.
Place pie in oven. Cover loosely with foil to prevent over browning. Bake approximately one hour. Remove foil and continue baking until filling bubbles out of top and crust is beautifully browned.
Allow to cool completely to set. Serve with scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Enjoy!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Lucky man.. it looks delicious Jodi!
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Looks delicious 😍
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one of my favorite things, homemade pie. this is a winner for sure –
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Mmmm! Looks good, Jodi!
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Yum….I love cherry pie!
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What a special find and a delicious pie!❤️
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It is beautiful, Jodi and what a wonderful, loving gift for hubby!
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Such a lucky man!!!!
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I bet your hubby was delighted when he saw and tasted your unique Valentine’s gift. Have a great Sunday, Jodi!
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That looks yum! I don’t bake because my boys just don’t seem to enjoy pies and things. However, I could be tempted to make this just for little old me!
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Cherry pie is my hubby’s favorite – why didn’t I think of that ?!?
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Mmm yes please! 🙏🏻😮☺️
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How perfect for Valentine’s Day Jodi! I bet you had a happy hubby!
Jenna
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Beautiful pie, Jodi! The forks you chose are entirely too darling!
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Wow! Looks great!
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Thanks!
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I am a YUGE fan of cherry pie.
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haha! I recall a post not so long ago. LOL!
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Fabulous! 💕 💕 💕
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Yum!! That looks soooo good, Jodi!! ❤️🍒❤️ We LOVE cherry pie!!😍
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It appears that the closest Fresh Thyme store is 584 miles from my house, I’m quite disappointed as I loved their website! Add to that, there are no fresh or frozen red sour cherries to be found here! I do have some dark sweet cherries in the freezer, maybe if I use less sugar…I better investigate before attempting a trial and, most likely, wasteful error on my own. I did have some delicious cherry turnovers made by my pastry chef daughter last week, they always taste better when they are made for me and not by me. I am an abysmal failure at making puff pastry dough. Actually, I will call her tonight and maybe she will “offer” to make this cherry pie for me! Isn’t that a scathingly brilliant idea? Thank-you!
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You are TOOOO funny Ellen!!! Scathingly brilliant indeed! 🙂 ❤
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You may be pleased to know that my scathingly brilliant idea was pure genius, darling daughter would love to make this cherry pie for me and even search for red sour cherries to maintain the “authenticity” of your recipe! Homemade indeed, just not me-made! So while your pie was a “Valentime’s Pie”, mine will be an Anyday Pie. In case you think that I misspelled Valentine’s, I didn’t…that is a Benjaminism, which of course is a story that I will share, if you would like to hear it! Thank-you!
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Love it!!!! Woohoo! And I always love Benjamin stories!!
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Love the pie but that heart in the middle is very sweet..:)
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Looks delicious and so appropriate for celebrating President’s Day!
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Yep – in honor of good ole’ George chopping down that cherry tree and not telling a lie – right?! 🙂
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What a great Valentine treat!
BTW….every time I make the sausage and brussels sprouts dish I think of you! It’s well loved in our house! (K)
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Aww. That makes me smile ☺️👍
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Cherry pie is my favorite, and my mom always made it from scratch..and tart cherries! Thanks for this recipe. We have a Fresh Thyme by us and I’ll see if they have those cherries.
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Hooray!! Do you love the store? 🍒👍😉❤️
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I do! It has the best fresh fruits and vegetables, at very good prices. And a nice selection of wine too!
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no wine in ours – PA is still in the prohibition stone age….
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I can’t possibly reply to this because of all of my drooling!! YUM!!! What a fantastic Valentine’s gift! ❤️
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LOL! 🙂 ❤
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Awesome recipe and looks yummy.
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Do you like cherry pie Kamal?
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Yes Jodi and it is so delicious.
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Wow, Jodi! That looks so good!!
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This looks so delicious!!
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