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    Amish Sour Cherry Pie

    Published: Mar 14, 2021 · Updated: Mar 14, 2021 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

    AMISH SOUR CHERRY PIE RECIPE: Regulars here know that I am not a huge cherry fan.  I don't know why.  Cherry Coke, to me, tastes like medicine. Why ruin a perfectly good Coke with cherry?  And eating cherries?  Nope.  Why would I want to mess with spitting out cherry pits if I could just eat an apple or grapes and not have to worry about pits?  To me, the pay off of eating cherries and having to deal both with the seeds or pits just isn't worth it.   Canned cherries?  I can kind of go for a cherry pie or cherry bars. 

    This Amish sour cherry pie recipe that was at an Amish-themed bake-off that I was a judge at was incredible.  The cherries were tucked into this amazing crust and, yeah, this was good. As a judge in this bake-off, I had to try dozens of desserts so I didn't have as much room for this cherry pie as I would have liked. But, wow, it was good.

    Old Amish sour cherry pie recipe!
    This prize-winning Amish sour cherry pie made by Joyce Patrick, of Trenton, Ohio
    I ate my whole slice!

    Now, what are sour cherries?

    The Ohio State University extension describes them as " smaller than sweet cherries and should be firm, bright, and uniformly red."

    The Kitchn has a more indepth explanation of the sour cherry.

    Cherries are popular in Amish kitchens in the summer.  Cherries make their way into pies, bars, cookies, cakes, and fruit salads.

    The pie recipe below does not have any in it, but the original Amish Cook, Elizabeth Coblentz, would often pair cherries with a bit of vinegar.  The acidity of vinegar enhances the tart taste in cherries, so she made vinegar a staple in her cherry baked goods.  If you are adventurous, you could try adding a hint of vinegar to this.

    Okay, here is the recipe to this best-in-pie category winner.

    🍒 Amish Sour Cherry Pie

    • 6 cups of sour cherries
    • Juice from half a lemon
    • 1 teaspoon almond flavoring
    • few drops of red food coloring
    • 1 ⅓ cup sugar
    • 1 /2 teaspoon salt
    • 4 slightly heaping tablespoons cornstarch

    📋 Instructions

    1. Blend cherries, lemon juice, almond flavoring, food coloring, sugar, salt, and cornstarch.
    2. Put in pie shell and dot with butter.
    3. Put top shell on and cut slits, brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
    4. Bake at 350 until golden.

    🥧 Other Amish Pie Recipes

    Yoder's Chocolate Pie - I love this!

    Blueberry Sour Cream Pie - One of my favorites!

    Strawberry Pie - Think Spring!

    Butterscotch Cream - Delicious

    Amish Sour Cherry Pie

    Amish Sour Cherry Pie

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    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • 6 cups sour cherries
    • uice from half a lemon
    • 1 teaspoon almond almond flavoring
    • few drops of red food coloring
    • 1 ⅓ cup sugar
    • 1 /2 teaspoon salt
    • 4 tablespoons cornstarch slightly heaping

    Instructions
     

    • Blend cherries, lemon juice, almond flavoring, foodcoloring, sugar, salt, and cornstarch.
       
    • Put in pie shell and dot with butter.
    • Put top shell on and cut slits, brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
    • Bake at 350 until golden.
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