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  • Cherry pie

    I love cherry pie… almost as much as I love pecan. And mom would always do it with the woven top crust, which I have never had the patience for.

    Washington’s Birthday Cherry Pie
    1 quart water-packed pitted pie cherries (or 2 cans)
    1 cup drained juice from the cherries
    3 T minute tapioca
    ½ t. salt
    ¾ c. sugar
    1 T lemon juice
    3 drops red food coloring
    ½ t. almond extract
    1 T butter
    cinnamon-sugar
    pastry for a double-crust pie

    Mix first 8 ingredients.  Let stand for 15 minutes to soften the tapioca.  Pour into prepared crust and dot with butter.  Top with lattice:  roll out pastry into a 10 inch circle.  Cut into ½” wide strips with wavy-edge pastry wheel.  Lay the longest two strips crossed over the diameters of the pie.  Fold back the bottom strip, add a strip ½” away from the first strip, replace the folded strip.  Continue adding strips on all sides, folding back alternate strips to create a woven lattice top.  Seal ends of the lattice into the bottom crust.  Create a built-up edge to catch the juices.   Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.   Cover loosely with aluminum foil.  Bake 15 minutes @ 425o.  Remove foil, reduce oven to 375o.  Bake 30-40 minutes, until nicely browned. 

                    For Lincoln’s Birthday, make brownies, and cut into oblong “logs”