Halloween Cherry 'Eye' Pies

Name: Halloween Cherry 'Eye' Pies
Yield: Makes 12 approx
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: Sweet Shortcrust Pastry; 225 g plain flour; 110 g butter, cubed & cold; 80 g caster sugar; 1 egg; Or 1 packet of shopbought shortcrust pastry; Sour Cherry Jam; 12 cherries, pitted and frozen, (I use tinned); 1 egg, beaten; Caster sugar, to sprinkle; Edible white paint

Katie Davies @katiehomecook

Wales, UK

I love cooking but sometimes it is great to have a few recipes which are quick and easy to put together, but are super delicious and spooky for Halloween. For my cherry pie recipe you can go ahead and make your own pastry with my recipe down below, but if you are short on time go ahead and use shop bought shortcrust pastry! Know will ever know!

Katie Davies @katiehomecook

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Ingredients

30 nmins

Makes 12 approx

Sweet Shortcrust Pastry
225 gplain flour
110 gbutter, cubed & cold
80 gcaster sugar
1egg
Or 1 packet of shopbought shortcrust pastry
Sour Cherry Jam
12cherries, pitted and frozen, (I use tinned)
1egg, beaten
Caster sugar, to sprinkle
Edible white paint

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Steps

30 nmins

1

Make the pastry: Blitz the flour and butter in a food processor, mix through the sugar, the egg, a dough should form if not add a little water. Bring together into a ball with you hands, but do not kneed. Flatten and wrap in cling film and chill for approx 1 hour.
2

Preheat the oven to 170 fan. Once chilled, roll out the pastry to the rough thickness of a round coin. Cut out rounds using a cookie cutter, large enough to fit a fairy cake pan, line the bases of the tin.
3

Fill each pastry case with a spoonful of jam, be carful not to overfill the cases. Cut out 12 further circles of pastry and top the pies, brush the edge of the bottom pastry circle with a little egg wash then squish the edges together.
4

Brush each pie with the beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar.
5

Add a frozen cherry to the top of each of the pies. Then using the pastry off cuts cut 12 smaller circles, then cut a straight side of each of the circles, place this over the cherry to form an "eyelid". Brush the "eyelid" with for egg wash.
6

Bake for 12-15 mins until golden brown. Transfer top a cooling rack and allow to cool.
7

Once cool add a white pupil with edible paint.

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Katie Davies @katiehomecook

on October 22, 2020 21:33

Wales, UK

I am a passionate home cook with a flair for flavor.I was lucky enough to take part in BBC One's Britain's Best Home Cook, with Mary Berry.As a busy working mother with 4 young children, I strive to create recipes which are easy, tasty and nutritious but recipes which won't keep slaving away in the kitchen all day!Keep cooking FUN!If you do make any of my recipes I would absolutely love to see your results, and please get in touch if you have any questions or you would just like to say hi!Find more on www.katiehomecook.com