I Can Not Tell A Lie...

In honor of President's Day and our
first President I thought I would whip
up a  cherry dessert. I know that
cute little story about the cherry tree
isn't really true.  But who doesn't  think
about those famous words,  "I can not
tell a lie. I chopped the tree with my
little ax" whenever they think of
George Washington?



Well, I can not tell a lie.  This dessert is
ridiculously easy and delicious!  I didn't want to make a
regular cherry pie.  But I had one pie crust in my refrigerator
that I needed to use.  I also have some canned cherry pie
filling in my storage.  I found it for a great price last year
and bought a few cans. :)

I decided to make some little pies.  First, I rolled out the pastry 

dough.

Then I took a bowl and cut out four circles.

I put a little pie filling on one side of the circle.

Then folded over the dough and crimped the edges.

Seal those edges really well, because I had cherry

filling that leaked out of mine.

I took an egg white and washed the tops of the pies and then

sprinkled turbinado sugar on top.  You could use regular

sugar if that's what you have.  I like the crunch of the raw sugar.

I baked them at 425 for about 10 - 15 minutes until they were 

nice and brown.

My husband loves fruit pies and he said these

were great.  

I thought they were good like this.

So there you have it.  A quick and easy dessert.

I'm sure they would be tasty with any flavor

pie filling you had.  Apple, blueberry, strawberry......

Happy Birthday, George.

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