The Perfect Cherry Pie – an old fashioned recipe using an all butter crust and plenty of sweet cherries in the filling.
Ingredients
For the Butter Pastry
1 cup very cold butter cut in small cubes
2 ½ cups flour
2 tbsp brown sugar
½ tsp salt
1/2 to 2/3 cup ice water, Only enough to make a dough form.
1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Cherry Filling
3 pounds of sweet cherries, pitted
3/4 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
pinch salt
3 rounded tablespoons corn starch
For the egg wash
1 beaten egg yolk
1 to 2 tbsp water
Instructions
To prepare the Butter Pastry
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