*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                         All-American Cherry Pie

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Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Pies                             Cherry

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   4      Cups          Fresh tart cherries
   2      Tablespoons   Kirsch -- optional
   1 1/3  Cups          Sugar
                        Pastry for 9" double-crust
   2      Tablespoons   tapioca, quickcooking -- plus 2 TB
                        pie shell -- unbaked
   2      Tablespoons   Butter

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.


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