Picnic Cherry Turnovers

Name: Picnic Cherry Turnovers
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 tblsp. butter or margarine; 1 tblsp. butter or margarine; 4 drops almond extract; Few drops red food color; 1 tblsp. quick-cooking tapioca; ⅛ tsp. salt; 1 (1 lb.) can drained pitted tart cherries (about 1¾ c.); ½ c. sugar; Sugar Glaze; Pastry for 2-Crust Pie

Preparation info

Makes
8
( 6 " ) turnovers

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

About

Just right for toting to picnics and in lunch boxes—a finger-food pie

Ingredients

Pastry for 2-Crust Pie
1 (1 lb.) can drained pitted tart cherries (about 1¾

Americas
United States
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Combine cherries, sugar, tapioca and salt in medium saucepan; cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil; let simmer about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; add almond extract, food color and butter. Cool.
Divide pastry dough in half and roll each in a large square. Cut each in 4 (6") squares. Put about ¼ c. cherry mixture in center of each square of