My beloved goose and coworker, Lauren is quirky, sweet, and crafty. Whether it be knitting a scarf, or baking pumpkin spice cookies she always has some kind of creative project underway. And there’s no one I’d rather pit 2 ½ pounds of cherries by hand with..using only a toothpick :)
Quirky vintage kitchen decor...check!
Cherry print aprons....check!
Red lipstick......check!
Now turn on the oven and we're ready to bake some pie!
We borrowed the cherry pie recipe from this website:
http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/06/sweet-cherry-pie/
Ingredients:
Dough for a double-crust pie (we used Lauren's great grandma's secret recipe for the crust)
4 cups pitted fresh cherries (about 2 1/2 pounds unpitted)
4 tablespoons cornstarch
2/3 to 3/4 cup sugar (adjust this according to the sweetness of your cherries)
1/8 teaspoon salt
Juice of half a lemon
1/4 teaspoon almond extract (we used vanilla extract instead)
1 tablespoon cold unsalted butter, cut into small bits
Preheat oven to 400°F.
(I like this picture because you can see the chocolate santa in the background!)
Pit the cherries using a toothpick.
Then mix together cherries, cornstarch, sugar, salt, lemon, vanilla extract and butter.
Pour into pie shell
Top with pie crust and seal edges
Bake until crust is golden brown
Ta-da!
For best results bring your pie to work to share with coworkers
It came out a bit soupy, but all agreed it tasted delicious!
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