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Recipes from Our Restaurant Chefs |
"Cherry Pie" |
from the historic Stagecoach Inn in Colorado Springs |
This recipe appeared
on a 1948 postcard from a series of 16 entitled "Famous Recipes from Famous Eating Places". These cards came free inside packages of Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix. |
CHERRY PIE | RICH PASTRY PIE CRUST | |
2 cups fresh Colorado cherries, pitted | 2 1/2 cups sifted flour | |
1 1/2 cups sugar | 1 teaspoon salt | |
1 tablespoon flour | 3/4 cup shortening | |
1 tablespoon butter | 1/4 cup water | |
Mix flour and sugar, then stir in with cherries. Pour into pastry shell, dot with butter, and cover with pastry top. Bake slowly for 45 minutes in a 350 degree oven. | Mix flour and salt. Cut shortening into it until pieces are size of a bean. Mix well with water until dough comes together and can be shaped into a ball. Divide into 2 parts and roll out crusts. Makes two 9-inch pie crusts. |