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                          ALL-AMERICAN CHERRY PIE
 
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 Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Pies                             Fruits
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    4      cups          Fresh tart cherries
    1 1/3  cups          Sugar
    2      tablespoons   Plus 2 teaspoons
                         - quick-cooking tapioca
    2      tablespoons   Kirsch -- optional
                         Pastry for 9″ double-crust
                         - pie shell -- unbaked
    2      tablespoons   Butter
 
 Preparation time: 35 minutes.  Cooking time: 50 minutes. 1. Heat oven to 450
degrees. Sort, rinse, stem and pit cherries. Mix cherries, sugar, tapioca and
kirsch in large bowl; let stand for 1 minutes.2. Pour fruit into unbaked pie
shell and dot with butter. Cover with top crust (slashed to allow steam to
escape) or lattice pastry. Bake 10 minutes at 450 degrees. Then reduce oven
temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking until golden brown, about 40 more
minutes. Cool on wire rack.Nutrition information per serving: 501 calories; 22 g
fat; 8 mg cholesterol; 496 mg sodium; 38 percent calories from fat. From the
Chicago Tribune 7/1/93.
 
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