Cherry-Apple pie with Apple Roses (a recipe)

The sweater is just getting longer, not more interesting, so I will leave you with a picture of a pretty Pi(e) Day pie. 

A pie with apple roses for decoration

I had wanted to try the apple roses for a while (I've seen them in a few different places), and they came out really well. Here is a recipe, as best as I can remember it. 

Ingredients:

1  pie crust of your choice, in a greased 9" pie plate

1 quart sour cherries, frozen or fresh

3 apples

1 t vanilla

1/2 cup sugar

2 T cornstarch

1 t Penzeys cake spice

2T cinnamon sugar, or a little sugar with some more cake spice mixed in

 

Method:

1. Make apple roses out of 2 of the apples: Quarter and core them, and then, working with one quarter at a time, slice it very thinly, getting about 12-15 slices and reserving the end for later. Put the slices on a plate and microwave them for 30 seconds on High to soften them. Lay out 4 or 5 slices end to end, overlapping them by about half, and roll them up into a rose. Set it aside for later. The 2 apples should make 24 roses. This is a simplified version of this recipe. I didn't take any process photos, but there are some at that site to show you how to lay them out.

2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

3. Make the pie filling: chop up the remaining apple, along with the trimmings. Put the cherries in a saucepan over medium heat. If frozen, when they thaw and let out a bunch of their juice, drain about half of it off. Then add the apple and vanilla and continue to cook. Mix together the sugar with the cornstarch and spices (this prevents cornstarch lumps) and add it in. Reduce the heat to low, and cook until the mixture thickens.

4. Put the filling into the pie crust, arrange the roses on top, and sprinkle the roses with cinnamon sugar. Bake for 40 minutes.


If you make this pie, I'd love to hear about it!

 


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