Cherry Pie is one of my favorites.
Here is a very quick and easy cherry pie.
Printable Cherry Crunch Pie Recipe
I could spend all day making detailed cupcakes but when it comes to pie, I'm a cheater. I am all for a quick pie with shortcuts. Frozen pie crust and frozen fruit whip up together into a nice pie.
First, make a homemade pie crust using your favorite recipe - or - cheat and buy a frozen crust.
Next, whip together a crunchy topping:
In a mixing bowl (or cheat with your electric mixer), mix together 1/2 cup flour, 3/4 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon. Next, chop up 1/2 cup cold butter into small cubes and mix it in. Use the electric mixer to mix, or cut the butter in with a pastry cutter. Last, give the cup of oats several stirs into the mix.
Now, throw together the filling. I like to use Wyman's frozen dark sweet AND red tart cherries. It gives the pie and great sweet and sour punch. The nice thing is the 2 pound bag is 6 cups so just dump the entire bag in a bowl. Or - pit a variety of fresh cherries and throw 6 cups in the bowl. Mix 1 TB of lemon juice into the cherries.
In a separate bowl, stir 1/3 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 cup flour, 1 TB corn starch. Stir the dry ingredients into the cherries.
Put the cherry mix into two 8 or 9 inch pie crusts. Or, use 6 5" crusts for mini pies!
Crumble the topping into chunks and pile on top of the cherries
Bake at 350 F for 40-50 minutes. The pie crust and topping should be nicely brown and juices should be bubbly around the edges.
