Cherry Baskets

Cherry Baskets

Cherry Baskets – Pastry

Two cups sifted enriched flour
One teaspoon salt
Two-thirds cup shortening
Three to five tablespoons cold water

Sift together flour and salt. Cut or rub in shortening. Add water. Mix into a dry, crumbly dough. Toss on a floured pastry cloth. Roll and fold until smooth. Roll about one-eighth inch thick. Cut with a three-inch biscuit cutter. Place one pastry round on the bottom of each three-inch muffin cup. Line sides of muffin cup by overlapping five pastry rounds around each muffin cup, setting the rounds on edge. Press edges of pastry on sides firmly to edges of pastry on the bottom. Prick with fork. Bake in a hot oven (400-degrees) eight to ten minutes. Cool. Fill with Cherry Filling. 

Makes six baskets. 

 

Cherry Filling

One-half cup sugar
Two tablespoons cornstarch
One-half teaspoon salt
One and one-half cup cherry juice or water
Two cups pitted cherries, fresh or canned

Mix together sugar, cornstarch, and salt. Heat cherry juice or water and add sugar mixture to cherry juice, stirring constantly. Cook until cherry juice is clear and medium thick. Add cherries and blend well. When Cherry Filling cools, fill pastry baskets. 

Makes enough filling for six baskets. 

 

 

 

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Similar Recipes:

Check out these recipes from our Pumpkin Patch.

Add a little RETRO to your Christmas…

The above items are available on Amazon.

Our Most Recent Recipes

Jell-O Ice Cream Salad
Jorgensen
Tony

Jell-O Ice Cream Salad

A vintage handwritten recipe card for a Jell-O Ice Cream Salad, make this recipe with Jell-O, ice cream, and chopped fruit. This recipe is great with peaches.

Read More »
Italian Dressing
Dressings
Tony

Italian Dressing

A vintage clipped recipe from Crisco Oil for Italian Dressing made from Crisco OIl, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, sugar, dry mustard, oregano, basil, and pepper.

Read More »
Send this to a friend