Cherry Pie Pops
Browsing through the bookshop shelves the other day I came across a fantastic little book: Cutie Pies. Full of fun ideas for fabulous pies. I was introduced to Petit-5s – tarts made in a mini muffin tin. Tiny little bites of flavour both sweet and savoury. And Piejars, which some of you may have made before but, for those of you who’ve never heard of them, they’re jam jars turned pie pan. A squat jar lined with pastry and loaded with delicious fillings. Some topped with streusel a tempting mix of sugar, butter, flour and ground nuts. Finally Pie Pops – layers of buttery pastry and sweet, sharp filling. The ultimate treat – a mini portable portion of pie. A pie on a stick, a Cherry Pie Pop.
Cherry Pie Pop
Makes 10 pie pops
Baked Pie Pops
Pastry
- 350g plain flour
- 220g cold unsalted butter cut into 1cm cubes
- 2 teaspoons caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 160mls ice water
Method
- Combine the flour, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Add the butter rubbing in but leaving it only partially combined. Like lumpy buttery crumble.
- Add the water 1 tablespoon at a time until the mix looks like very coarse clumpy crumble.
- With your hands combine the mix into a dough, handling as little as possible.
- Cover with cling film and leave to rest in the fridge for 1 hour or up to three days. It can be frozen at this point.
Fresh Cherries
Filling
- 250g bag of frozen cherries
- 25g caster sugar
- 23g flaked almonds
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon pure almond extract
- 2 tablespoons cornflour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 pinch ground allspice
- 1 egg plus 1 egg yolk lightly beaten
Method
- Preheat the oven 190c
- Lightly grease a baking tray or line with baking parchment
- Combine the cherries and the almond and vanilla extract
- In a small bowl combine the cornflour, allspice, cinnamon, and sugar
- Pour the sugar mixture over the cherries and stir to evenly coat, set aide
- As the cherries start to defrost there may be excess liquid. Drain this off
- Roll out the dough to 6mm (1/4″) thick (the pastry needs to be thick to stay on the lolly stick)
- Using a 7cm or 3″ circular cutter cut out 20 circles
- Place 10 on the baking sheet an even distance apart with enough space for the lolly sticks to be attached
- Brush the circles on the baking sheet with the beaten egg and place a lolly stick on each circle across the centre of the circle but leaving 0.5cm at the edge
- Spoon one tablespoon of mixture onto the centre of each circle, keeping the edges clean
- Top each pie with a second pastry circle and press down the edges firmly with your thumb
- With a sharp knife cut a slot in the top of the pop to allow the steam to get out
- Brush with egg and place in the centre of the oven for 20 minutes until golden brown
- After 10 minutes brush again with the egg wash to make the pops a rich golden colour after baking
- Remove from the oven after baking and leave to cool, if necessary use a spatula to lift them from the baking sheet
Enjoy your cherry pop pies!
These tasted fabulous. Great Photo’s
Thanks Li. Working on the pictures was great fun, thanks for your help and the humour!! GG
Those are gorgeous GG. How cute. What a fabulous idea. They would be so wonderful to have at a party. They really do look like lolly-pops.
They would be fun at a party and could be in so many flavours. Glam teen suggested brushing them in cherry syrup a few minutes before they’re done yum! GG
Aww they’re so cute! I love cherry pie and this is portion control at its best!
I know. How could you feel guilty eating one of these? GG
Ditto with Lorraine — those look so cute
Drool-worthy photos too!!
Thanks for the photo comment. I was trying out a friend’s macro lens before deciding whether to buy one. Sooo expensive! GG
Dear GG,
This is a great idea and I would love to do this as a canape for my next home party
Great idea. I put them in a clear bag tied with a ribbon as party bags. GG
i love mini things, mini pies for sure. I see you’ve taken it one step further and made them REALLY mini! haha they look adorable!
They are fun, and because they’re so small you don’t have to feel guilty. GG
Beautiful, original, appetising, funny…. In short, I love the idea of cherry pie pops! (I have never heard about piejars… thanks for sharing this intriguing idea).
Thank you! I think pie jars will definitely be on my list for posting in the near future, they’re quite cute too. GG
What a super cute (and figure friendly) idea.
They’re great just two mouthfuls, much less than a slice of pie. GG
So cute! Love it. They look really delicious too. Mini things and things on sticks seem to be the craze these days. I am going to make cake pops for my son to take to school next week. Hopefully they turn out as cute as yours.
I wish I’d had cake pops made to take to school, you are good. You’re right there is a mini things on stick craze. GG
What a very cute idea! Just gorgeous!
He great thing is there is so much more that can be done with them. Trailed with chocolate, sprinkled in icing sugar or before baking, given a crunchy top with a teaspoon of brown sugar. GG
Oh these are sensational. i’ve not seen anything like them before. I think the small and big kids would love these.
They were very popular with Mr Glam and the Glam Teens. GG
The pie pops looks wonderful. Amazing work!
Thank you El. GG
Your cherry pie pops looks so very cute and I just love the idea of a whole pie in one bite and such a delicious sounding pie too.
Thank you. They would make a cute valentine gift. GG
These are so cute GG! I’ve never thought of making really miniature pies and then putting them onto a stick! I think they’d sell so well if it was commercialised!!! Thanks for the recipe ~
So cute! Love cherry pie.
Thank you, thinking about these a bit more almond pastry would be good. GG