Cherry Face Pies

A fun and delicious dessert recipe for cherry pies shaped like faces.

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Cook time: 90 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 2.5 cup flour
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 0.5 cup butter
• 7 tbsp water
• 3 cup frozen cherries
• 0.33 cup sugar
• 0.125 cup cornstarch
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 0.125 cup water
• 1 piece egg
• 1 tbsp water

Instructions

1. In a stand mixer, add in your flour, sugar, and salt.
2. Add in the butter until pea-sized clumps form.
3. Pour in your water and a crumbly dough should form. Do not knead, form into a ball and refrigerate for one hour.
4. In a pot, add in the cherries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, and water and stir every 5 minutes at a medium low heat until thick. Let cool.
5. Roll out your pie dough a bit thin and cut out circles.
6. Cut out the eyes, nose, and mouth from the dough circles. With any extra dough you can make a nose.
7. Add on some cherry filling onto a circle of dough then top in the face and crimp with a fork.
8. With the jam-like consistency of the cherries, add some detail to the face.
9. Beat an egg and add 1 tbsp of water for the egg wash and brush it on.
10. Bake at 475F for 15 minutes, let cool and enjoy.