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[[Woman's Home Companion]] - Dec. 1939.

Cherry Pie.
Blend 1 cup sugar, ¼ cup flour
¼ tsp. salt + ⅛ tsp. cinnamon; combine
with 4 cups pitted cherries, drained.
(or 2 no. 2 cans pitted pie cherries).
Place in a pastry lined 9 inch
pie pan. Cover with circle of pastry
slightly larger than pan. Moisten
edge, folding top pastry over +
under edge of bottom pastry. Press
together + flute with fingers. In
center mark pastry lightly in
design of bunch of cherries. Bake
in hot oven 425° F. about 40 min.
or until nicely browned.

Pastry.
Use these proportions for flaky
crust: ⅓ cup shortening, 1 cup
flour, ¼ tsp. salt + 3 to 4 tbsp.
ice water. Chill the pastry
before putting the filling in + before
baking to keep it from shrinking