Grammy's Kitchen · Cherry Pie · Fresh Sweet Cherry Pie
One of 24 cherry pie recipes we measured
It ranks #23 of 24 for fruit flavour among the cherry pie recipes we compared. 15 cooks on www.kingarthurbaking.com rate it 4.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 24.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 106% | 6% |
| liquid | 47% | 6% |
| total sugar | 103% | 46% |
| egg | 21% | 11% |
| thickener | 0% | 5% |
| salt | 3% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 240 g | 2 cups (240g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon (14g) granulated sugar |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon table salt |
| 227 g | 16 tablespoons (227g) unsalted butter, cut in 1/2" pieces and chilled in the freezer |
| 113 g | 1/2 cup (113g) ice water |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon lemon juice |
| 907 g | 2 pounds (907g) dark sweet cherries |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons (28g) orange juice |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract |
| 198 g | 1 cup (198g) granulated sugar |
| 43 g | 1/4 cup (43g) Instant Clearjel |
| pinch of ground nutmeg | |
| 1 g | 1/8 teaspoon table salt |
| zest of 1 orange | |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons (28g) unsalted butter, frozen |
| 50 g | 1 large egg, whisked with 1 tablespoon water |
| 35 g | 3 tablespoons (35g) Demerara sugar or coarse sparkling sugar |
Method: 11 steps, published by www.kingarthurbaking.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.