Cherry-Bourbon Pie

By cprzybyl

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Cherry-Bourbon Pie
This crumble-topped pie stars the flavors of an Old Fashioned cocktail. Our secret weapon: jarred sour cherries (just think of all those cherries you won't have to pit!). We like Trader Joe's Dark Morello Cherries, but other brands work well, too. Check out our homemade pie crust recipe here.

8 servings

Recipe by The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen

Photograph by Ditte Isager

August 2012

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup (packed) light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2" pieces

Details

Servings 8
Adapted from bonappetit.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation

Crumble

Whisk all ingredients except butter in a medium bowl until no lumps of sugar remain. Rub butter into oat mixture with your fingertips until it's completely incorporated. If butter begins to soften while mixing, chill mixture to firm it up, about 15 minutes (cold butter ensures a flaky, tender crumble). Cover and chill crumble up to 5 days ahead.

Pie

Preheat oven to 350°. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil; lightly coat with nonstick spray (for easy clean-up in case the pie bubbles over) and set aside. Line pie dish with crust and crimp edges decoratively. Place pie dish on prepared baking sheet.

Combine cherries and remaining 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Using a rubber spatula, gently mix until cherries are coated and mixture is evenly distributed.

Pour cherries into pie crust and top evenly with crumble. Bake until pie crust and center of crumble are deep golden brown and juices from cherries are bubbling and look thickened, 1 1/4–1 1/2 hours. (The juices will begin to ooze out of crust and onto foil-lined sheet.) Let pie cool for at least 2 hours at room temperature to allow filling to set properly. (Cutting into the pie before it's set will result in a runny filling). Cover and let stand up to 1 day at room temperature.

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