Cherry Almond Macaroon Pie Recipes

MACAROON CHERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. cast-iron skillet or deep-dish pie plate. Trim to 1/2 in. beyond edge of plate; flute edges. Bake 6 minutes; set aside. , Drain cherries, reserving 1 cup juice. Set cherries aside. In a large saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch; gradually stir in cherry juice until blended. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until thickened, 2 minutes. , Remove from heat; stir in cinnamon and food coloring if desired. Gently fold in cherries. Pour into crust. Cover edges loosely with foil. Bake at 400° 20 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine first 6 topping ingredients. Stir in coconut and almonds. , Remove foil from pie; spoon topping over pie. Reduce oven to 350°; bake until topping is lightly browned, 15-20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 1 hour. Chill 4 hours or overnight before cutting.

ALMOND MACAROON CHERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F.
• Roll out pie pastry and place in 9 inch pie pan.
• In large bowl, combine pie filling, cinnamon, salt and lemon juice.
• Mix lightly.
• Spoon into crust-lined pie pan.
• Bake 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine all topping ingredients in medium bowl and mix until blended.
• Remove pie from oven after 20 minutes, spread topping evenly over surface, and return pie to oven.
• Bake an additional 15 to 30 minutes, or until crust and topping are golden brown.

CHERRY MACAROON PIE

Steps:

• Pour pie filling in unbaked pie shell.
• Beat together egg and evaporated milk.
• Add sugar, flour, salt, almond, and vanilla extract, beat until smooth.
• Stir in coconut.
• Pour over pie filling.
• Bake at 375, 40-45 minutes until puffed and light brown.
• Cool before serving.

CHERRY ALMOND PIE

Steps:

• Drain cherries, reserving 2/3 cup juice in a saucepan; discard remaining juice. To the juice, add the cherries, sugar, butter and salt. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into cherry mixture. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Remove from the heat; stir in the almond extract and food coloring if desired. Cool. , Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom pastry; add filling. Make a lattice crust. Trim, seal and flute edges. Bake at 375° for 45-50 minutes or until crust is golden and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.

CHERRY-ALMOND PIE

Steps:

• Combine flour and sugar for crust in a bowl. Cut in butter using hands to mix and mush until thoroughly combined and mixture resembles tiny pebbles or cornmeal. Stir in almonds. Sprinkle with ice water until dough holds together in a ball. Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Toss cherries, sugar, and salt for filling together in a bowl.
• Combine almond extract, amaretto, and cornstarch in a separate bowl until smooth; add to cherry mixture and mix well.
• Roll out refrigerated crust dough using a lightly floured rolling pin on a lightly floured work surface to desired thickness. Press into the bottom of an 8-inch pie pan.
• Bake crust in the preheated oven until set, about 15 minutes.
• Remove crust from the oven and fill with cherry mixture. Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bake pie in the hot oven until edges of dough are golden and filling is bubbly, 35 to 45 minutes.