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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