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Sour Cherry Cream Pie

Source of Recipe

Jim's Mom


Recipe Introduction

Long-Time Family Favorite

List of Ingredients


Baked 9" Deep Dish or 10" Pie Shell

For Cream Layer:
3/4 Cup Sugar
6 T Flour
1/4 t Salt
2 Cups Milk
3 Egg Yolks
2 t Vanilla

For Cherry Glaze:
2 Cups Sour Pitted Cherries
1 1/4 Cups Cherry Juice
1 Cup Sugar
1/3 Cup Corn Starch



Recipe

Cream Layer:
Combine sugar, flour, and salt in top of a double boiler. Add milk and egg yolks, mixing well. Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly for about 7 minutes, until thick and creamy. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Cool slightly, then spread in pie shell.

Cherry Glaze:
Drain cherries. Heat 1 1/4 cups drained juice to boiling. Meanwhile, mix sugar and cornstarch, then add enough saved juice or water to make a smooth paste. Pour this mixture into the boiling cherry juice, stirring and cooking for about 2 minutes until the mixture is smooth and thick. Remove from heat, mix in the cherries, and spread over cream layer in the pie shell. Store pie in the refrigerator.