Guests (at to the lowest degree mine) appear to appreciate PIE at a potluck, but traditional pie tin live messy to serve, especially for children. These lilliputian "two bite" beauties are perfect. This recipe makes 24 pies, but the recipe doubles easily.
1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
3 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
1 cup flour
Mix amongst electrical mixer (I purpose my stand upward mixer amongst paddle attachment) until y'all instruct a smoothen dough. Wrap it inward plastic together with chill for close an hr (will also driblet dead on good inward refrigerator for several days).
FILLING
(1) 14½ ounce tin tart pie cherries packed inward H2O
3/4 loving cup granulated saccharide (divided)
2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon corn starch
pinch of tabular array salt
1/4 teaspoon almond extract (do non move out out)
1 teaspoon butter
Drain the cherries, reserving the liquid. Pulse the cherries inward the nutrient processor until fairly good chopped together with therefore drain ane time again (I fifty-fifty press on the cherries a lilliputian to take excess liquid): ready aside.
In a saucepan, combine 1/2 loving cup of the reserved cherry juice, HALF of the sugar, the cornstarch together with a pinch of salt. Whisk till smoothen together with convey to a boil. When this mixture gets super thick (it volition occur FAST ane time it starts to thicken), take from estrus together with stir inward the balance of the sugar, the chopped cherries, the almond extract together with butter. Stir until good mixed; allow cool spell y'all shape the crusts.
Preheat oven to 375°. Cut the chilled dough into 24 pieces together with roll each piece into a ball. Place one ball inward each mini-muffin cup (no request to grease the pan).
Now, y'all accept to purpose your fingers and push the dough across the bottom together with upward the sides of each mini-muffin space. Better yet, if y'all accept tart tamper or something similar, this measuring volition become MUCH faster (just dip it inward a lilliputian flour betwixt each use). I purpose the rounded cease of the wooden tool that came amongst my Kitchen Aid meat grinder, it industrial plant absolutely perfectly. Try together with instruct the crust edges only a lilliputian taller than the edges of each muffin loving cup (see s photo).
Fill each mini-crust 2/3 sum of the cherry filling. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes on the TOP RACK of your oven. When the edges of the crust are low-cal golden brown, they are done.
IMPORTANT:
Don't drive to take the cooked pies from the pan correct away. The filling stays hot for a while, therefore allow them cool for a adept 25 minutes or so. You tin purpose a butter knife to assistance "lift" the pies out of the pan.
BETTER YET: work the mini-muffin pan amongst mini-cupcake papers together with that should solve any/all problems.
Delicious together with FUN to Serve!!
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