Cherry Dream Pie (1st place)

This pie has probably one of the funniest stories behind it.  It all started a year ago when my friend Shawna and I were sitting at church an they made an announcement about the annual back to school grill out/pie baking contest.  As a said in my previous post I am NO baker and quite often the trash can eats more of my baked goods then people.  So Shawna looked at me and asked "Are you going to enter?",  I laughed and said "yeah sure this should be a disaster."  We both left laughing about how bad this was going to be, I said I would make it for her and she told me she wanted a cherry pie. That day baking this pie was beyond disastrous.  First, I didn't put enough pie crust filling over the edge and when it baked my crust sunk in, then I forgot to bake the cheese filling so it mixed in with the cherries, and to top it off I barely had enough dough left to for the top, due to the earlier instance of the shrinking crust.  Somehow in the midst of all this, this silly ol' pie took FIRST PLACE!!! I think I about choked on my burger when they announced it. 

 

okay so on to how this pie was made~~

 

Cherry Dream Pie

Ingredients:

 

2 pkg of pie crust

(or if you want to make it home made or one from the freezer section)

3 Tablespoons sugar

 

Cheese Filling:

1 pkg. (8 oz) Cream Cheese

1 cup confectioners' sugar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 egg yolk

 

Cherry Filling:

1 large can cherry pie filling

1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

 

 

 

1. Follow instructions for pie crust.  Line the pie crust into the bottom of a 9-inch glass pie dish.  Trim the pie crust 1/2 inch beyond the edge of the plate and pinch the edges together for decoration.

 

2.  Take the 3 tablespoons granulated sugar and spring the pie crust and cover with aluminum foil.  Bake at 450 for 8 minutes.  Remove the foil and let it bake for 5 more minutes.  Reduce the oven heat to 375 and let the crust cool on a rack.

 

3.  In a mixing bowl combined all the Cheese filling ingredients until well mixed and no lumps.  Pour this into the crust. 

 

4.  In another bowl mix the cherry pie filling and confectioners sugar. Heat this in the microwave for 2 minutes.  Pour directly on top of the cheese filling.  Make sure you cover all the  cheese filling and to the edges. 

 

4.  Take the remain crust and sprinkle it with 3 tablespoon granulated sugar and lightly sprinkle some confectioners sugar on top.  Take small cookie cutter and cut out shapes or make a lattice crust.  Bake at 375 for 35-45 minutes.  During the last fifteen minutes cover the pie with foil. 

 

ENJOY!

 

have a blessed day :) 

 

Ashley