So, as requested by Alicia, here is that homemade Cherry Pie. It is currently cooling on top of the stove, awaiting our eager tummies. It smells HEAVENLY! I has smelled that way since I stood over the stove cooking down the cherries and making the filling. Let me just say, it better taste like manna from Heaven or I am NEVER making a cherry pie from scratch again! Don't get me wrong, I love getting into making my crust and putting time and love into my pies, but I have only ever made cherry pies from canned filling with a little added umph on my end before filling a pie. This time, however, we were driving home from swimming at the rec center and on of the houses in our neighborhood had a huge cherry tree, loaded with juicy red cherries, and a sign reading "Free cherries, pick them yourself". We quickly returned home, grabbed a big bowl, and went back for our first cherry picking experience.
I literally had NO clue what was in store for me. I stood and cleaned, pitted, and sorted through cherries for the better part of an hour and a half. While pie is definitely worthy of getting excited about, I am actually looking forward to our own cherry trees maturing so I can make cherry jam... how yummy does that sound?!?
Anyway, here are the before and after pictures of our cherry pie.
5 comments:
I'm not real big on pie (unless it's chocolate cream), but that does look yummy!
OMG YUM! I will be over in an hour! ;)
Hahaha, it might not be here in an hour ;)
Believe me, Alyse, it is good.
The pie is excellent honey, as is all your culinary masterpieces.
Okay, your descriptions (and your pictures!!) were so scrumptious I could again taste the pies and jams in my Grandma's kitchen over half a lifetime ago. She had a pitting machine that was the greatest toy, er tool, because you had to be "grown-up" responsible to be allowed to use it. The next best thing to eating a slice.
Thank you for sharing and bringing back favorite childhood memories! * HUGS! *
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