Cherry Pie

Name: Cherry Pie
Prep time: 3 h 25 min
Cook time: 3 h 25 min
Total time: 3 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 liters sour cherries, pitted; 118 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps butter or margarine, if desired; 1 teaspoon salt; 158 milliliters shortening; 315 milliliters sugar; 4 Tbsps cold water

Cherry Pie might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 8 servings with 399 calories, 2g of protein, and 20g of fat each. Head to the store and pick up cherries, sugar, margarine, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 25 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Heat oven to 425°F. In medium bowl, mix 2 cups flour and the salt.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Oven

Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas.

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Shortening

Peas

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Blender

Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost leaves side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons more water can be added if necessary).

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All Purpose Flour

Water

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Bowl

Gather pastry into a ball. Divide pastry in half; shape into 2 rounds. Wrap flattened rounds of pastry in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes or until dough is firm and cold, yet pliable.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Roll pastry on lightly floured surface, using floured rolling pin, into circle 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch glass pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths and place in pie plate; or roll pastry loosely around rolling pin and transfer to pie plate. Unfold or unroll pastry and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side and being careful not to stretch pastry, which will cause it to shrink when baked.

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Roll

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Rolling Pin

In large bowl, mix sugar and 1/2 cup flour. Stir in cherries. Spoon into pastry-lined pie plate.

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Cherries

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Bowl

Cut butter into small pieces; sprinkle over cherries. Cover with top pastry that has slits cut in it; seal and flute. Cover edge with 2- to 3-inch strip of foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking.

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Cherries

Butter

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Aluminum Foil

Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until crust is golden brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust. Cool on cooling rack at least 2 hours before serving.

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Crust