1 pk For 9-inch two crust pie 6 c Fresh red tart cherries,
1 1/3 c Sugar -Pitted*
1/2 c All-purpose flour 2 tb Margarine or butter
-ORANGE GLAZE-
1/2 c Powdered sugar Orange peel
2 ts Finely shredded 1 tb Orange juice
*substitute: Frozen, unsweetened pitted Tart cherries, thawed and drained
Or 3 cn (16 ounces each) pitted, Red tart cherries, drained.
Orange-glaze Lattice Cherry Pie. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare 9-inch
pie as directed — except make Lattice Top. Mix sugar and flour in large
bowl. Stir in cherries. Turn into pastry-lined pie plate. Dot with
margarine. Cover with Lattice Top crust; seal and flute. Cover edge with 2-
to 3-inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning. Remove foil
during last 15 minutes of baking.Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until crust is
brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust. Spoon Orange Glaze
over center of warm pie. (Do not allow glaze to run over edge of pie.) 8
SERVINGS; 475 CALORIES PER SERVING. ORANGE GLAZE Mix powdered sugar, orange
peel and orange juice.Did George Washington cut down the cherry tree to
make gathering cherries for a pie easier? We’ll never know, but in later
years George still loved cherries. His wife, Martha, wrote about how to
store summer cherries for Christmas tarts, keeping them fresh in a barrel
of hay, stored under a feather bed.
Yields
8 servings