4th of July Cherry Pie
Add some 4th of July holiday flair to a quick & easy cherry pie.
Servings: 8
Equipment
- 1 pie pan
- 1 Rubber spatula
- 1 small star-shaped cookie cutter
- 1 pie shield
Ingredients
- 1 quart home-canned cherry pie filling OR 2 21-0z cans commercially prepared filling
- 2 sheets refrigerated pie crust [one package]
- 1 tbsp milk (optional) for brushing pie crust stars
- 1 tbsp turbinado sugar (optional) for dusting pie crust stars
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees
- Line pie pan with one sheet of refrigerated pie crust, crimp edge and chill
- Using start-shaped cookie cutter, cut small stars out of second pie crust sheet. Remove excess dough around stars. Brush stars with milk and dust with turbinado sugar (optional). Chill.
- Fill prepared pie pan with canned cherry pie filling. Top with pie crust stars.
- Bake pie for approximately 40 minutes, covering edges with pie shield (or foil) after 20 minutes. Cool and serve.