if you love summer cherries you're not
going to want to miss today's recipe i'm
showing you how to make a
homemade cherry pie filling you can nev
you never have to buy one of those cans
again
and then i'm going to show you a few
ways to use the cherry pie filling
you're not going to want to miss it
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hey everyone it's dorothy with
crazyforcrust.com and welcome back to my
kitchen
today we're talking all about cherries
cherry pie filling that is
it's a super super simple thing you can
make at home
i don't love cans of cherry pie filling
or any pie filling for that matter
they're fine
but i absolutely love homemade it tastes
way better
plus if you've gotten a whole bunch of
cherries from an
orchard you've gone and gone went to the
grocery store and they were so pretty
you couldn't help yourself
this is a great way to use up a whole
bunch of them for more delicious
desserts and easy recipes be sure to
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the kitchen
now to make cherry pie filling you need
to start with cherries so we're going
gonna
start with about four and a half to five
cups which is
about just over a pound and a half i'd
get about a pound and three quarters to
two pounds of cherries
i mean then you have to pit them i know
that's really really annoying
to have to pit your cherries i highly
recommend using a
cherry pitter i will link my favorite
one down below
it's an oxo one it's super simple
you can also use a straw i have a post
all about how to do that i will link it
up here
but do yourself a favor if you are using
fresh cherries to make a pie or pie
filling or anything like that
and you need to like take the pits out
of more than like a few of them
get yourself a cherry pitter it will
save you tons of time
and frustrations now making a homemade
pie filling it's super simple you just
need a few ingredients
first thing we're going to do is kind of
start to cook the cherries
and have them break down a little bit so
you're going to add your pitted cherries
to a saucepan along with a quarter of a
cup of water
i like to cover that put it over medium
low heat and just let it cook
it'll take several minutes until the
water will boil it'll start to foam up a
little bit once the cherries start to
kind of pop
maybe not all of them are popped but
some of them have popped and that
liquid has gotten a little bit darker
from the cherry juice
then it's you're ready to continue while
the cherries are cooking you're going to
assemble the other ingredients so go
ahead and measure out your two-thirds of
a cup of granulated sugar
and we're going to make our cornstarch
slurry you need a quarter of a cup
of cornstarch and a few tablespoons
of water and it needs to be cold water
so go ahead and add the cornstarch to a
small bowl
add a few tablespoons of cold water and
stir it together it might take a little
bit of time for that cornstarch to
dissolve
but go ahead and do that and set it
aside
you're also going to possibly need some
lemon juice
again it depends on how sweet the
cherries are if you get super super
sweet cherries
then you will definitely want to add
your lemon juice if you're using tart
cherries you can omit the lemon juice
the lemon juice helps cut the sweetness
if they're too sweet
once your cherries have kind of boiled
and foamed up a little bit
then it is time to add the sugar so when
add the sugar
stir that together bonus about this
recipe is you can use frozen cherries
or fresh ones so you can make this all
year long
not just in the summer when they're
fresh if you are going to use frozen
cherries in this recipe
be sure to thaw them completely and
drain them
before using them to make the pie
filling and then stir your cornstarch
slurry before adding it because it will
clump up again if it's sat for any
length of time
so stir that together again until it's
nice and smooth
pour it in and then immediately start
stirring your
pie filling it will thicken within just
a minute or two
and it'll get nice and thick once it
starts to thicken go ahead and remove it
from the heat
if you're using that lemon juice go
ahead and add it along with the
cornstarch
once it's removed from the heat i like
to add it to a jar let it cool to room
temperature
cover it and pop it in the refrigerator
and it's ready for whenever
you want it to make any sort of recipe
now yes
you can put this in a pie crust put
another pie crust on top or some of my
crumble topping recipe or make a lattice
and bake it in the oven but that's a lot
of work to make your pie when making a
regular cherry pie which i will link up
here my cherry pie recipe
is super simple you don't actually have
to cook anything to put cherries in a
pie
so save your pie filling for when you
want to make other things that aren't
just a pie
things like cherry delight or cherry
danishes which is what i'm going to show
you how to do today
so for cherry delight cherry delight um
i've made it a few different ways um it
has a graham cracker crust a no-bake
cheesecake filling and then it's topped
with cherry pie filling
super delish let's make that first and
then i'm going to show you how to make
one of my favorites it's a simple cherry
danish or a cherry pie bite
using biscuits and a simple glaze both
of these are delicious and great ways to
use up pie filling
the graham cracker crust is just my
standard crust with
one and a half cups of graham cracker
crumbs mixed with seven tablespoons
of melted butter and a quarter of a cup
of packed brown sugar
which i'm pressing into a nine by nine
pan
then the filling is eight ounces of
cream cheese that's
at room temperature i mix that a little
bit to smooth it out and then add one
cup of powdered sugar
mix that up a little bit along with one
teaspoon of
vanilla extract
once that's all combined and smooth add
eight ounces or one container of whipped
topping
that's cool whip and mix that until it's
nice and smooth
then you're going to layer it on top of
the crust and top it with that homemade
pie filling that we made
chill this until you're ready to serve
it
these little cherry pie bites could not
be easier
you start with a can of pillsbury grands
biscuits
i slice them in half horizontally and
then
press each half into a muffin pan that's
been sprayed with non-stick cooking
spray
once you have all of them in there
you're going to fill each one
with some of that cherry pie filling and
then you just need to bake them
to make the drizzle i use a half of a
cup of powdered sugar i add some almond
extract and a little heavy whipping
cream
whisk that together and drizzle it all
over the pie bites these
are fantastic
and that's it that's how easy it is to
make cherry pie filling
and to use it in recipes cherry delight
cherry danish cherry pie
cherry cobbler so many different ways to
use cherry pie filling i want you to
leave a comment and let me know
what your favorite way to use it is and
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