Lattice-Top Cherry Pie

Name: Lattice-Top Cherry Pie
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 discs homemade or store-bought pie dough; 5 cups pitted tart cherries (fresh or frozen, thawed and drained); 3/4 cup sugar, plus 1 tbsp for sprinkling; 1/4 cup cornstarch; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1/2 tsp almond extract; pinch of salt; 1 tbsp cold butter, diced; 1 egg beaten with 1 tbsp water

Tart cherries bubble under a golden woven lattice in a flaky all-butter crust. Slice it warm with vanilla ice cream, or let it set overnight for clean wedges.

Prep40 min

Cook1 hr

Total1 hr 40 min

Serves8

What you'll need

Mixing bowl setFor mixing and marinating

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8-inch chef's knifeFor all the chopping

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Nonstick baking sheetsFor roasting and baking

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Steps

Heat the oven to 425°F with a baking sheet on the lower rack. Roll one dough disc into a 12-inch circle and fit it into a 9-inch pie plate.

Toss the cherries with 3/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, almond extract and salt. Pour into the crust and dot with butter.

Roll the second disc and cut into 10 strips. Weave them over the filling into a lattice, trim, and crimp the edges. Chill 15 minutes.

Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar. Bake on the hot sheet 20 minutes, reduce to 375°F and bake 35 to 40 minutes more until the filling bubbles thickly through the lattice.

Cool at least 3 hours so the juices set.

TipSet the pie on a baking sheet lined with foil; cherry juice always finds a way out.