Sweet Cherry Pie & 100 posts!
07/19/2010
Can you believe this is my 100th post? I feel like it was just yesterday that I was texting every person in my phone book asking for a name for my blog. This experience has been so fun for me. I thought a nice way to celebrate 100 posts on Noshies is to share the top 10 most viewed recipes, as well as my top 10 favorites. Of course, there is a celebratory new recipe below!
Top 10 Most Viewed:
Chocolate Icebox Cake: One of Errika’s go-to cakes. Delicious, easy and oven-free!
Maryland Crab Cakes: My favorite Crab Cake recipe. Lots of meat, little filler.
Great Aunt Mary’s Shrimp Casserole: The first of many recipes I’ll be posting by her. Elegant yet simple enough for a weeknight dinner.
White Cheddar and Chive Mashed Potatoes: A perfect switch-up from regular mashed potatoes. Creamy, cheesy and delicious!
Funfetti-White Chocolate Cake Balls: I knew these would be a huge hit, because who doesn’t love Funfetti? I just made another batch of these for Tim since it took him only two days to polish off the first batch.
Chocolate-Banana-Marshmallow Sandwich: Perfect for the nights you are too lazy to bake, yet are dying for something sweet. From pan to table in five minutes flat!
Strawberry Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting: My favorite cake at the moment. Perfect for summer, yet when strawberries are out of season you can omit them and have a fantastic white cake recipe!
Peanut Butter Brownie Bites: Portable, bite-sized, party-friendly and delicious! Peanut Butter lovers will really enjoy these.
Strawberry-Chocolate Chip Muffins: Basically a dessert for breakfast. My brothers inhaled these. The muffin base is exactly how I like them: light and moist.
Perfect Pizza Dough: I will be using this recipe tomorrow to make a Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza. Gives a great crust every time.
Now, my top 10 favorite recipes:
Chicken Piccata: Although I made this dish a little different than a traditional Chicken Piccata, the taste was completely outstanding. In the running for one of my top five favorite dishes on this site.
Cream of Crab Soup: Creamy, velvety and delicious! This is how Maryland Cream of Crab should taste with tons of meat!
Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwiches: One of my favorite sandwiches of all time. Definitely not for the health conscious, but delicious nonetheless.
Chicken Parmigiana: The way I’ve been making chicken parm since college. I make the sauce myself and let it simmer for a while, which is key. This, for me, is comfort food.
Breakfast Pizza: I made this for Mother’s Day and it was delicious. My dad said it was “the best pizza ever.” The herbs keep it light and the blend of cheeses is phenomenal!
Orange Chicken: The first Chinese dish I attempted at home, and it was a huge success! Spicy, sweet and delicious.
Cheesecake: My go-to cheesecake recipe. You can add whatever you’d like to this basic recipe and it will always, always be delicious.
Salmon Pesto Pasta: Good tasting and great for you! I love this recipe for pesto, and it would be great with chicken, as well. Please, please give this a try, especially if you think you don’t like salmon. It will change your mind!
Chicken Enchiladas: The best enchiladas ever! I am so glad I stumbled across this recipe. If you love Mexican, you’ll love this dish.
Texas Sheet Cake: It makes enough for a small army and it tastes like a cross between a cake and a donut. Not sure what could be better than that.
Finally, onto the new recipe…
I’ve been on a cherry kick lately, eating an entire pound for lunch on several occasions. Cherries were on sale this week, so I bought two pounds in anticipation of making a pie. I really have never made a cherry pie before, but I just kind of made up a recipe as I went and it turned out delicious! My dad even had a slice for breakfast.
Sweet Cherry Pie
Yield: 1 pie
Recipe by Maura Dieringer
Ingredients
1 double batch pie dough, homemade or refrigerated
4 cups sweet cherries, pitted
juice of 1/2 lemon (about 1 tablespoon)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
4 tablespoons cornstarch
pinch of salt
2 tablespoons butter, cut into small cubes
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large bowl, mix cherries with lemon, vanilla, sugar, cornstarch and salt. Mix well.
Line a 9 inch pie pan (I used a quiche dish) with one half of the rolled, chilled pie dough. Press into the pan with your fingers. Pile the cherry filling on top, making sure to get all of the juices. Sprinkle the butter over the top of the cherry filling. Lay the second rolled, chilled pie dough on top of the filling and fold the excess over. Crimp or use a fork to ensure the dough sticks together. Cut slits in the top of the pie and place in the oven for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes, reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake for another 25 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown. If the edges get too brown, place foil over top and continue baking.
Enjoy!
About Maura
I have a secret: I cannot do anything in moderation. I always have to take things to the extreme, at the expense of my own and my family's sanity and often times my dad’s checkbook. When I started taking horseback riding lessons, I insisted on having a pony. When I ice skated for probably the second time, I made my mom buy me ice skates that were never again worn. When I thought I wanted to be a teacher, I made my parents turn one of the rooms in the basement into a school room, stocked with an overhead projector, pull-down maps and a real, classroom-sized chalkboard and white board. When I discovered cooking I bossed my older sister around in the kitchen for an entire day, forcing her to make dozens of recipes with me against her will and then had her do all the dishes (sorry Cait). And, when I discovered food blogs I bought the biggest binder I could find, printed out 250 recipes in one day and laminated and categorized each one. My dad was not happy about the ink situation. So, what does this tell you about me? For one, you can trust that every recipe I post is more than delicious and has been meticulously tried and tested for you. Also, that I’m an anal freak. Enjoy! View all posts by Maura → This entry was posted in Appetizer, Breakfast, Cakes, Chinese, Crab, Dessert, Dinner, Healthy Dishes, Lunch, Quick & Easy Meals, Sandwiches, Seafood, Vegetables, mexican, vegetarian. Bookmark the permalink. ← Great Aunt Mary’s Shrimp Casserole Kierney’s Green Beans with Cashews →Leave a Reply
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