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    LOW FAT CHERRY PIE


    Source of Recipe


    Marla

    List of Ingredients




    2 (16 oz.) pkg. frozen no-sugar added pitted cherries
    12 3/4 teaspoons Equal for Recipes or 42 packets Equal
    sweetener or 1 3/4 cups Equal Spoonful
    4 teaspoons all-purpose flour
    4 teaspoons cornstarch
    1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    5 to 7 drops red food color
    Pastry for double crust 9-inch pie

    Recipe



    Thaw cherries completely in strainer set in bowl; reserve 3/4 cup
    cherry juice.

    Mix Equal®, flour, cornstarch and nutmeg in small saucepan; stir in
    cherry juice and heat to boiling. Boil, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
    Remove from heat and stir in cherries; stir in food color.

    Roll half of pastry on floured surface into circle 1 inch larger than
    inverted 9-inch pie pan; ease pastry into pan. Pour cherry mixture
    into pastry. Roll remaining pastry on floured surface to 1/8-inch
    thickness; cut into 10 to 12 strips, 1/2 inch wide. Arrange pastry
    strips over filling and weave into lattice design. Trim ends of
    lattice strips; fold edge of lower crust over ends of lattice strips.
    Seal and flute edge. Bake in preheated 425°F oven until pastry is
    browned, 35 to 40 minutes.

    Cool on wire rack

 

 

 


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