Both work, but the chopsticks were a little less messy.ĢIn a large bowl, stir sugar, cornstarch, vanilla extract, almond extract, lemon juice, and salt together, then add cherries. Of the two, we preferred using chopsticks. Place it onto the work surface then push the cherry down onto the tip - the pit pops right out. The second option was to use a small piping tip. We used the thicker round end to push the pit out of each cherry. On the top, you’ll see we used a chopstick. We just looked around and figured out two ways to pit cherries without a cherry pitter.

So, we don’t have a cherry pitter in the house. That means that we only buy what we need on a weekly basis and while we would love to eat a slice of this cherry pie every night that just can’t happen. How to Pit Cherries Without a Cherry Pitter No matter which you use, be sure to check for how sweet they are then adjust the sugar accordingly. We love serving each slice with freshly whipped cream, but ice cream would be divine. We usually use sweet because fresh tart cherries are almost impossible to find where we live. Both sweet and tart cherries will work well in this pie. (We share notes for both options in the recipe below).

We know - it’s torture! Using Sweet or Tart CherriesĪs far as the cherries go, we like to use fresh cherries, but if you need to, use thawed frozen or canned/jarred cherries. To be honest, the hardest part is actually waiting for the pie to cool - you really want to wait 2 to 3 hours before cutting into the pie. Roll out a pie crust (or use store-bought), fill then top with another crust. Stir cherries with sugar, corn starch, lemon juice, vanilla and almond extracts then stir. For that, you might want to buy a cherry pitter or if you’re like us, cheat and use one of our suggestions below for how to pit cherries without a cherry pitter. The hardest part is pitting the cherries. This cherry pie recipe is so easy - All you need to do is mix, fill and bake. Related: We also love this blueberry pie with lattice crust.

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