Valentines Pie Recipes

~ VALENTINE CHERRY CREAM PIE ~

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 425 degree F. Roll out your pie crust and place in a pie plate, I used my deep dish plate. Could probably use a store bought crust just as easily. Spread pie filling evenly in crust. Bake for 15 minutes. While baking, make cream cheese mixture.
• 2. In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy, beat in the sugar, eggs and vanilla until creamy and well blended.
• 3. Remove pie from oven , reduce oven to 375 degree and spread cream cheese mixture carefully over hot pie filling. Place back into oven and bake another 30 minutes. Middle of pie will look under baked and a little jiggly. Remove from oven and cool. Chill in refrigerator at least a couple hours before serving.
• 4. Right before serving, spread a light layer of sour cream over the top, believe me its good. Sprinkle with cinnamon and indulge. It's delicious!

3-INGREDIENT MINI HEART CHERRY PIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Unroll pie crusts; use rolling pin to slightly roll dough out.
• Use 3-inch diameter round cutter to cut 12 circles from dough. Use small heart-shaped cutter to cut 12 hearts from remaining dough, rerolling scraps as needed.
• Press circles into 12 ungreased regular-size muffin cups; fill with pie filling. Top each with heart-shaped cutout.
• In small bowl, beat egg and water. Brush over crust on each.
• Bake about 20 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.

RASPBERRY PIE RECIPE FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

Steps:

• 1. PIE CRUST
• 2. In a small, heavy bottomed sauce pan, heat the preserves until the jam part becomes liquid. Mix in cornstarch.
• 3. When thickened slightly, spread into bottom of the blind-baked, cooled pie shell.
• 4. Set aside. Allow perserves to gel. They will be tacky to the touch.
• 5. CREAM PIE FILLING
• 6. Line up premeasured ingredients next to the stove.
• 7. In a medium sized heavy bottomed sauce pan, whisk dry ingredients.
• 8. Add milk, whisking to make sure all dry ingredients are dissolved.
• 9. Place sauce pan over medium flame. Stir constantly until thickened. It will take between 5 and 8 minutes for the milk mixture to become as thick as homemade cream gravy.
• 10. Remove from the flame. With a ladle, mix about 1/3 of the thickened milk mixture into the beaten egg yolks.
• 11. Once mixed, add back to the the milk mixture. Return to flame.
• 12. Boil for one minute, stirring constantly. Remove from flame.
• 13. Add butter and vanilla extract. Stir until mixed.
• 14. Allow mixture to become tepid. Pour carefully over preserve-coated pie shell, taking care not to smear preserves up into the filling. Allow to cool to room temperature. The filling will not be set.
• 15. TOPPING:
• 16. Cover the top of the pie filling with raspberries pointed side up in rows.
• 17. Melt the chocolate and shortening in a heavy bottomed sauce pan. Mix until completely melted.
• 18. Dip a fork into the chocolate mix, coating the tines. Drizzle the chocolate over the rasperries in a pretty pattern.
• 19. Allow the pie to "set" for at least 2 hours, with the last 1/2 hour to 1 hour in the refrigerator.