Recipe By: Leigh Wheeler
Year Submitted: 2017
Winner First Place
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Ingredients
1st Place Cherry
Crust:
¾ cup butter-flavored shortening
½ teaspoon white vinegar
1 tablespoon milk
¼ cup boiling water
2 cups flour
½ tablespoon corn starch
1 teaspoon salt
Filling
5 cups sour Morello cherries, drained. ( I like Trader Joe’s)
1 ¼ cup sugar
4 tablespoons corn starch
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
Directions
Crust:
Using a mixer, cream together shortening, vinegar, milk
Add ¼ cup boiling water and mix well until consistency of cake icing
Sift together flour, corn starch and salt.
Mix this into soft ingredients above with mixer with dough hooks to make your dough. Separate into two equal portions and cool 10-15€