Mini Sweet Cherry Pies

Name: Mini Sweet Cherry Pies
Prep time: 6 h
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 946 milliliters golden, blush, or red sweet cherries, halved and pitted; 1 Egg wash egg beaten with a pinch of salt); 113 grams Approximately granulated sugar (adjust to taste); 12 servings Sanding sugar or additional granulated sugar for sprinkling; 2 Tbsps corn starch or tapioca starch

Mini Sweet Cherry Pies might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 142 calories, 1g of protein, and 1g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 6 hours. Head to the store and pick up additional granulated sugar, egg wash, approximately granulated sugar, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Remove the first sheet of chilled dough from the fridge and use a 5-inch circular cutter to cut out 12 circles of dough. Press the circles into the cavities of the muffin pan, allowing excess dough to hang over the edges. Chill the shaped bottoms for 1 hour.

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Dough

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Muffin Tray

After the bottoms have chilled for 1 hour, place the pitted, halved cherries in large bowl.

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Cherries

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Bowl

Whisk together sugar and starch to combine, then toss with cherries until the pieces are evenly coated. Allow mixture to sit for five minutes, then distribute the filling evenly among the 12 pie shells.

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Pie Crust

Cherries

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Sugar

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Whisk

Remove the second sheet of dough from the fridge and cut tops or shapes out and place over the tops of the mini pies. Crimp the sides with the tines of a fork to seal, cut some slits in the top if your design does not already involve cutouts, and chill the mini pies for 30 minutes. When ready to bake, remove pie from oven, brush with egg wash, and sprinkle with raw sugar.

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Raw Sugar

Cut Out Cookies

Dough

Egg

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Oven

Adjust oven rack to lower position and preheat oven to 425°F.

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Oven

Place the muffin pan in oven and bake for 20 minutes, turning halfway through, then turn oven down to 350°F and bake until filling bubbles all over inside and crust is golden brown, approximately 10 additional minutes.

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Crust

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Muffin Tray

Oven

Remove from oven and place the muffin pan on a rack to cool completely before removing the pies. When ready to serve, loosen the edges with an offset spatula, then carefully twist the pies to remove.

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