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Dessert-bar Apple-cherry Pie
Author/Submitted by: Midwest Living, October 1995
Servings: 8
Categories:
Desserts
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Pies & Pastries
Ingredients: 10
ounces
frozen tart red cherries,
pitted
1
cup
granulated sugar 3
tablespoons
tapioca,
quick-cooking
4
cups
cooking apples,
2 pounds
--peeled, thinly sliced 2
tablespoons
butter or margarine
milk 2
teaspoons
granulated sugar 1/8
teaspoon
ground nutmeg
pastry: 2
cups
all-purpose flour 1/2
teaspoon
salt 2/3
cup
shortening 6
tablespoons
cold water,
to 7 tablespoons
Directions:
Filling: Thaw the frozen cherries; do not drain off the juice. In a
large mixing bowl, combine 1 cup sugar and the tapioca. Add the undrained
cherries and the apples, tossing to coat. Let stand for 20 minutes,
stirring occasionally. Pastry: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a
mixing bowl, stir together the flour and salt. Cut in the shortening
until the pieces are the size of small peas. Sprinkle the water, one
tablespoon at a time, over part of the flour; toss gently with a fork.
Push to the side of the bowl. Repeat until all is moistened. Divide the
dough in half. Form each half into a ball. For the bottom crust, on a
lightly floured surface, flatten one ball of dough and roll into a 12-inch
circle. Line a 9-inch pie plate with the pastry. Trim the pastry to the
edge of the pie plate. Roll out the remaining pastry for the top crust;
cut into strips for a lattice crust or cut slits for the steam to escape.
Spoon the filling into the pie crust; dot with the butter or margarine.
Add the top crust, trimming 1-inch beyond the edge of the pie plate. Fold
until the edge. Seal and flute. Brush the top crust with milk. Sprinkle
with 2 teaspoons sugar and the nutmeg. Cover the edge of the pie with
foil to prevent overbrowning. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and
return to the oven for 20 to 25 minutes more, or until the crust is golden
and the filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. Serve with ice cream, if
you like. Penny Halsey (ATBN65B). Note: Here's a trick for covering the
pie to prevent a too-brown edge. Make a foil rim by folding a 12-inch
square of foil into quarters. Cut out the center portion of the foil,
making a 7 1/2-inch circle. Unfold and loosely mold the foil rim over the
edge of the pie, leaving the center open.
By "Lloyd A. Carver" <lloyd2@mindspring.com> on Jan 5, 1996
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