The Pie Recipes
makes one 11” pastry For the pastry- 1 stick (4 oz.) unsalted butter, room temperature ½ cup cream cheese, room temperature (do not use whipped cream cheese) ¼
Keywords
- pie recipe
- easy pie
- cookie recipe
- cherry pie
- pecan pie
- rhubarb
- strawberry
- nut
- squash
- pie filling
- blueberry filling
- key lime
- sugar
- butter
- easy pie crust
- chocolate
- cardamon
- lattice crust
- lattice
Ingredients
- 1 stick (4 oz.) unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup cream cheese, room temperature (do not use whipped cream cheese)
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon orange zest
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons dark cocoa
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
- 3 tablespoons puréed beets (I used a 2 oz. roasted beet but you can certainly use jarred or canned beets, or the prepared ones available in the produce section at Trader Joes.)
- 3½ cups frozen sweet cherries, (I use the 16 oz. bag from Trader Joes)
- ½ cup sugar
- 1½ tablespoons cornstarch (4½ teaspoons)
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- egg wash made from 1 egg beaten with 2 tablespoons of water, milk or cream
