These mini cherry pies are SO GOOD and perfect for outdoor cookouts and holiday gatherings! I love how easy they are to make, and that they don’t need any utensils or plates for serving!
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Give me ALL THE SUMMER PIES!
All the apple pies for my father-in-law. All the fresh strawberry pies with from-the-field berries for dinners with friends. And all the quick and easy galletes with summer produce and homemade pie dough just because.
My love for pie runs deep. Not only because pie is amazingly delicious, but also because it’s so very versatile. With the same dough, you can bake a beautiful pie for a party (don’t forget the whipped cream!), make a batch of tasty empanadas for dinner, grab some jam to make freezer pop-tarts, or whip up a couple dozen little pies that fit perfectly in your hand, no fork or plate needed.
Mini Cherry Pies
I like to make these mini cherry pies for the 4th of July and other summer cookouts. Cherries are almost always on sale, and I can get 2 dozen mini pies with a double batch of pie dough and a bag of fresh cherries. Plus, I can make them ahead of time, either the day before or the morning of, and they’re just as good.
Pitting cherries is one of my kids favorite kitchen tasks, so they always eagerly join in the process. They take turns pitting, slicing, and stirring the cherry mixture, and the job gets much easier for me.
In order to keep the clean up simple and easy, I like to put down some parchment under their work area. All the juices and mess are contained, and when we’re done, we just fold up and toss the parchment.
A sharp paring knife works well for halving the cherries, but even easier is a small pair of kitchen scissors!
Favorite tools for the job:
These little mini cherry pies always meet with rave reviews at the cookout, especially topped with a dollop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream!
Make these pies. You won’t regret it. Bring them to your next cookout or potluck. Just be sure to share them, because I don’t think having 24 mini pies in the house is good for anyone’s summer style.;-)
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Mini Cherry Pies
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 24 pies 1x
Description
These mini cherry pies are SO GOOD and perfect for outdoor cookouts and holiday gatherings! I love how easy they are to make, and that they don’t need any utensils or plates for serving!
Ingredients
- double pie crust
- 2 lbs sweet cherries, pitted & halved
- 1 1/2 Tbsp arrowroot powder (or sub tapioca powder)
- 1/4 C sugar
- lemon zest from 1 lemon, or 1/2 tsp dried lemon peel
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- pinch ground nutmeg
- turbinado sugar for topping
Instructions
1. Make the pie dough, divide the dough in half, and wrap both pieces in plastic wrap and press into disks. Refrigerate both disks for at least one hour.
2. Remove one pie disk from the refrigerator and roll the dough out into a 1/4 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut 4-inch circles from the dough and press each into an ungreased opening in a muffin tin. Press together the scraps and roll them out again, dusting the counter with flour, cutting more circles, and repeating the process until you have used all the dough.
Remove the second disk and repeat rolling and cutting until you have filled the muffin tins. The recipe should fill two standard muffin pans.
Refrigerate both muffin pans while you assemble the cherry filling.
3. Preheat the oven to 400°.
4. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the halved cherries and the following four ingredients. Let stand for ten minutes to give the arrowroot time to thicken the mixture.
5. Remove the muffin tins from the refrigerator. Fill each cup with two heaping tablespoons of cherry filling. Sprinkle the tops of the pies with turbinado sugar.
6. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, rotating the pans halfway through.
7. Cool the pans on a wire rack for at least ten minutes before removing the mini pies.
Keywords: pie, mini pie, cherry, cookout
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This was so delicious!!! Everyone loved it. I even sent my mom some and she said, wow the crust was so smooth and delicious!
Made these today during a rainy afternoon.
They are delish! Loved your pie dough recipe too, it was nice and flaky!
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These look GREAT!! I will have to try them asap! Thanks for posting 🙂
Hope you love them!
Absolutely looks delish!!! Will try this over the weekend with the kids but will use blueberries instead. I love blueberries! Hope it’ll turn out like this 😉 Thanks for the recipe! More to come!
Cheers!
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I’m sure it will be delicious with blueberries too! Hope you enjoy them!