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Classic Ruby Pie

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If you lot follow my spider web log regularly, you lot know that I relish combining recipes to instruct an destination effect that suits us. That's what I did amongst this cherry pie recipe. The starting fourth dimension cherry pie recipe I tried tasted OK, but at that topographic point was a watery liquid inwards the bottom of the pie that seperated from the filling...not a practiced thing. Next, I tried a recipe that used flour every bit a thickener, but it left a cloudy filling ... non what I wanted. Next I tried tapioca to thicken the filling as well as it eliminated the cloudy fruit filling problem, but it was difficult to guage simply how much tapioca was plenty as well as how much was likewise much; it also produced inconsistent results...not good. So, every bit usual, I took a trivial combat of this recipe as well as added it to that recipe as well as and hence threw inwards a yoke of my ain ideas as well as came upwards amongst todays recipe. I served it on Father&

Easy Fruit Ladder

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I've made this fruit ladder a i chiliad one thousand times. It is super simple, fast, looks impressive on whatever dinner tabular array as well as is delicious. The dough industrial plant beautifully, is real forgiving as well as never fails!! You tin flame brand this ladder alongside whatever pre-cooked fruit filling (home made or commercial). I stimulate got had people nation me this looks difficult to make, but trust me, it is not. There is simply i picayune trick: scroll the dough out into a rectangle as well as and hence deed it to your baking canvass BEFORE you lot endeavour to brand the ladder. You can't deed the ladder (and move along it's shape) later on it is filled. This dough is the existent hush-hush to this recipe. Preheat oven to 350° 1 loving cup butter softened 1 loving cup sour cream ii cups flour Mix ingredients alongside an electrical mixer (the dough volition live a picayune viscous earlier it is chilled). Divide dough inwards one-half (t

Fruit Crumb Bars

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This is 1 of those wonderfully versatile recipes that is simply equally skillful amongst apple tree filling, equally it is amongst cherry filling, or blueberry; any your menage unit of measurement likes the best. The crumb crust/topping goes together inwards simply a yoke minutes amongst the nutrient processor as well as if you lot tin hold off long plenty for the bars to cool downwards to room temperature, they cutting beautifully. We (obviously) couldn't hold off that long (in the photograph below). CRUMB CRUST/TOPPING 3 cups all role flour 1 cup white sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 loving cup COLD butter (cubed) 1 egg, beaten Put the flour, sugar, baking pulverization tabular array salt and cubed butter into the nutrient processor as well as pulse until good mixed.  If you lot don't convey a nutrient processor, exercise it amongst a pastry cutter as well as operate it until the butter is good mixed. Add egg as well as mix good (it volitio

Fruit Filled Cookie Bars

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I had a difficult fourth dimension coming upward amongst a refer for this delicious treat. It is non precisely a cake, but it's a niggling soft to last a cookie. It does remind me a niggling of 1 of those big soft cake-y saccharide cookies, but don't forget it has a juicy fruit filling too, thus what category does it actually autumn into?  Answer: Yummy Category!! Usually, we only consume these out of hand, but they are also prissy plenty for companionship if yous serve them amongst a scoop of H2O ice cream!! Either means they are difficult to musical rhythm out amongst a tall drinking glass of milk or a hot loving cup of tea. 1/2 cup butter (room temperature) 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon vanilla 14 ounce tin move fruit pie filling (see note) Cream butter, saccharide in addition to vanilla together until real good mixed. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating good inwards betwixt each egg. Add flour in addition to musical rhythm out until good mixe

Pot Luck Mini Reddish Pies

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These "Grab-and-Go" mini cherry pies are perfect for large gatherings too identify unit of measurement or church potluck dinners. The dough tin live made days ahead and baked off when yous accept around "extra" time, which is a large help. Guests (at to the lowest degree mine) appear to appreciate PIE at a potluck, but traditional pie tin live messy to serve, especially for children. These piffling "two bite" beauties are perfect. This recipe makes 24 pies, but the recipe doubles easily. CRUST 1 cup butter  (room temperature) 6 ounces cream cheese (room temperature) 2 cups flour Mix amongst electrical mixer (I purpose my stand upwardly mixer amongst paddle attachment) until yous teach a shine dough. Wrap it inward plastic too chill for virtually an hr (will also proceed good inward refrigerator for several days). FILLING (1)  14½ ounce tin tart pie cherries packed inward H2O 3/4 loving cup granulated saccharide (divided) 2 tablespoons

Super Tardily Crimson Strudel

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This strudel is made alongside Pepperidge Farm Puff Pasty (from the freezer section) in addition to it couldn't live easier. It slices beautifully in addition to it is delicious served warm alongside a big scoop of vanilla H2O ice cream, but it is also fantabulous at room temperature. It is a huge hitting at our house!!     1 canvas of frozen puff pastry (thawed) (1) 14½ oz. tin ruby-red tart pie cherries packed inwards water ¾ loving cup granulated saccharide (divided) 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon corn starch pinch of salt ¼ teaspoon almond extract 2 drops ruby-red nutrient coloring (optional) Drain the cherries (but relieve the juice).  Mix ½ loving cup of the juice from the cherries, with one-half of the saccharide and all of the cornstarch in addition to a pinch of salt. Cook (constantly stirring) the juice mixture on medium oestrus for iii or four minutes or until it gets ULTRA thick.  Remove from oestrus in addition to stir inwards the balance of the sugar,