Your baking problems solved

Cake not rising? Biscuits burnt? Dough too tough? Find the solutions with our baking problem solver:

Baking solution

Home baking recipes

Cherry pie

Cherry pie

Prep time: 20 minutes

Baking time: 20 minutes

Servings: 6

A pastry parcel of summer sweetness and ruby-red cherries, this recipe is both easy as pie and a feast for the eyes.

Pastry:

225g (8oz) plain flour
115g (4oz) Stork packet

Filling:

Two 425g cans cherry pie filling

Glaze:

Beaten egg or milk, to glaze
A little caster sugar

Method:

  1. Start by preheating your oven to 200°C, 400°F or gas mark 6.
  2. Then sieve the flour into a large mixing bowl, add the Stork and rub together into a fine breadcrumby mixture.
  3. Add 2 tablespoons of cold water and mix together into a firm dough.
  4. Roll it out on a lightly floured surface, to around 3mm thick.
  5. Use your pie dish to cut two pastry circles.
  6. Line your pie dish with one circle, spoon in the filling and pop the other one on top.
  7. Pinch around the edges to seal your pie, and make a small slit in the top.
  8. Brush the top with a little beaten egg or milk and sprinkle with caster sugar.
  9. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes.
  10. Easy as pie – literally.

Per servingGDAs for average adults*
Calories37319%
Sugars g29.232%
Fat g15.222%
Saturates g5.126%
Salt g (based on sodium)0.478%
*Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) based on values for women

<< Back to Recipe Home