"National Cherry Pie Day"

Following the theme of "National Cherry Month", we have this special day.  I guess it was all designed around that old legend of George Washington, (whose birthday we celebrate this month). It was said that George, as a young boy, chopped down his father's cherry tree.  When he was confronted with it by his father, George could not tell a lie, and told his father that he had done it.  Thus George was given the reputaion of never telling lies.  As he progressed in life, he was trusted with commands in the army and eventually the office of the President of the new nation.  Whether there is any "truth" in that legend is another story!

Somehow, this brings us to my recipe for this special day.  This recipe is not my usual sort, (made from scratch or one handed down in my family) it is a 21st Century recipe.

Farmer Boy Cherry Mini-Puff Pies

Ingredients:

• 1 sheet of store-bought Puff Pastry
• 1/3 of a can of store-bought Cherry Pie Filling
• 1/2 teaspoon of Almond Extract
• Powdered sugar

Directions: Following the directions on the package of Puff Pastry, thaw out one sheet.  In a small bowl, mix the almond extract into the pie filling.  Having first rolled out and cut the pastry into 3 inch squares, place each square into each chamber of a very lightly oiled muffin tin. Into each, fill with 1 teaspoon of the pie filling mixture.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.  Bake for 12 minutes.  Remove from the oven and let cool in the tin.

Serve warm, dusted with powdered sugar.

These are a great, quick substitute for a whole pie! And, of course, you could serve them with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!  :)

"Cooperation, helpfulness, and fair dealing are so badly needed in the world, and if they are not learned as children at home, it is difficult for grownups to have a working knowledge of them."  Laura Ingalls Wilder

I hope you'll make this recipe soon and then come back and leave a comment here. Thanks.

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