Cherry Pie
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 c of flour
- a pinch of salt
- 2 tsp sugar
- 85-100 g chilled margarine or butter or vegetable shortening
- 6 tbsp ice water super cold water
Filling
- 1 kg dark sweet cherries pitted
- 1/2 c sugar
- 1 pouch orange sugar by Dr. Oetker, if you cannot find it, omit is fine, am just using up stock in my kitchen :)
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
Crust
- Mix everything and knead. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes then divide into 2 portions.
- Roll flat 1 dough and place it on prepared pie pan
Filling
- Mix everything
Pie
- Spoon filling into prepared pie pan
- Roll flat the other dough and cover filling
- Cut some holes for steam to come out during baking
- Brush with beaten egg yolk
- Bake on preheated 350 F until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly