Cherry Slab Pie
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Last week I shared a recipe for Cherry Vanilla Pie Filling. The homemade cherry pie filling turned out delicious and I couldn't wait to bake a pie with it. I didn't want to make a regular old cherry pie with my fancy shmancy Cherry Pie Filling so I made a mini Cherry Slab Pie instead.
Have you ever made a Slab Pie recipe? I've never made a Slab Pie either. Just the name Slab Pie is a bit daunting. I've never made a slab pie before because they are huge! I love me some pie but unless I am having 30 people over a regular sized slab pie is just way too much pie.
I can't believe I just said that! How can you ever have too much pie? In the case of slab pies I think the average family would consider a Slab Pie too much pie.
To make a Cherry Slab Pie that is a family friendly size I used a 9 x 13 inch quarter sheet baking pan. I happen to have a few of these aluminum quarter sheet pans and they come in very handy. I use it all the time.
How to make a Mini Cherry Slab Pie
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting your work surface
- ½ cup finely ground almonds ( 2 ounces)
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, (one stick)
- ⅔ cup packed light brown sugar
- ¼ cup slivered almonds
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 cups Cherry Vanilla Pie Filling
- 1 egg white
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl combine flour, ground almonds, cinnamon, baking powder and salt; set aside
- Cream butter and brown sugar until creamy.Beat in egg.
- Gradually add flour mixture, beating on low speed just until mixture comes together to form a dough.
- Divide the dough in half.
- Place each half in a plastic bag and flatten into a circle.
- Chill for at least an hour.
- Grease the quarter sheet baking pan well with butter or a nonstick baking spray.
- Remove both pieces of dough from the refrigerator.
- Roll one piece of dough out onto a floured surface into a rectangle that will fit into the bottom of the baking pan.
- Press the dough to the edges of the pan with your fingertips.
- Spread the Cherry Vanilla Pie Filling over the crust to ¼ inch from the edge.
- Roll out the remaining piece of dough into another rectangle about the same size as the pan.
- Cut strips of dough and lay over the Cherry Vanilla Pie Filling to form a crust.
- Beat one egg white white with 2 tablespoons water and brush over crust.
- Sprinkle slivered almonds over the crust.
- Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar over crust.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30-45 minutes or until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbling.
- Cool before serving.
Print the Mini Cherry Slab Pie recipe below
Mini Cherry Slab Pie
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting your work surface
- ½ cup finely ground almonds 2 ounces
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter (one stick)
- ⅔ cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 cups Cherry Vanilla Pie Filling
- 1 egg white
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl combine flour, ground almonds, cinnamon, baking powder and salt; set aside
- Cream butter and brown sugar until creamy.
- Beat in egg.
- Gradually add flour mixture, beating on low speed just until mixture comes together to form a dough.
- Divide the dough in half.
- Place each half in a plastic bag and flatten into a circle.
- Chill for at least an hour.
- Grease the baking pan well with butter or a nonstick baking spray.
- Remove both pieces of dough from the refrigerator. Roll one piece of dough out onto a floured surface into a rectangle that will fit into the bottom of the baking pan.
- Press the dough to the edges of the pan with your fingertips.
- Spread the Cherry Vanilla Pie Filling over the crust to ¼ inch from the edge.
- Roll out the remaining piece of dough into another rectangle about the same size as the pan.
- Cut strips of dough and lay over the Cherry Vanilla Pie Filling to form a crust.
- Beat one egg white white with 2 tablespoons water and brush over crust.
- Sprinkle slivered almonds over the crust. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar over crust.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30-45 minutes or until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbling.
- Cool before serving.
Nutrition
This Mini Slab Pie can be made using any flavor of pie filling you would like. The basic slab pie crust recipe is a wonderful pie crust and can be used to make any type of pie whether it be a Slab Pie, regular pie recipe made in a pie plate or as a homemade tart crust.
I've used this basic pie crust recipe to make this easy Raspberry Tart recipe for years during the Christmas baking season.
