Cherry Pies That Look Like Cherries! Kids Will Love This

Cherry pies are among the most loved fruit pies in the world. The freshness in their taste, along with the sweet and sour flavour, gives it a yummy twist. Kids usually like eating pies but they will love this one more because it also looks like a cherry. A cherry that tastes like a cherry but actually is not a cherry? Well, yes, that is today’s recipe. The kids are going to love it, although the elderly will love this one equally. 

Where Did Cherry Pie Come From?

First pies are believed to be made by the Romans, but the idea was of the Greeks. They often made pies by filling something sweet inside a reed. Reeds, however, were not eaten. They were just used to hold the sweet filling. In later decades, Europe had very different ideas about pies. They were called ‘pyes’ and were primarily non-vegetarian. The filling as well as the crust was made out of meat. But by the 1500s, fruit pies had come into existence. The first cherry pie was served to Queen Elizabeth 1 in England! Soon, the idea of fruit pies spread to the USA and they improvised it. Today, they have become an integral part of the American culture.

Today, February 20 is celebrated as the National Cherry Pie Day in the USA. Families and friends sit down to have a slice of warm, sweet-tart cherry pie with each other. They eat the traditional cherry pie as well as several variants of it. It is a wonderful day when the whole family comes together in the kitchen as well as in the dining room. 

How To Make Cherry Pies That Look Like Cherries?

Ingredients:

• 1 (16-ounce) package of sugar cookie dough
• 2 tablespoons concentrated red cherry juice
• 1 tablespoon freeze-dried cherries
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 cups pitted red cherries
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 vanilla bean, split
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips, melted
• Melted white chocolate, tinted green, piped into stems
• Mint, for garnish 

Method:

1. Mix cooking dough, cherry juice, cherries and flour in a bowl until it gets mixed well.
2. Roll this dough and let it cool. Then cut rounds from it and place them over a muffin pan. Put them at a distance from each other.
3. Now, chill them for 30 minutes and then bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes.
4. For the filling, cook cherries in a pan for 10 minutes. Then add sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and vanilla bean.
5. Now cook until the mixture turns semi-solid.
6. Fill the crust with the mixture. Pipe the melted chocolate and put it on top of every pie. Now, put one crust on top of another to make it look like a cherry.
7. If wanted, attach a mint to every pie to look like a stem.
8. This will surely be loved by the kids. The sweet-tart Cherry Pies That Look Like Cherries are bound to make them smile. It can also be used as a wonderful recipe to serve the guest.