Cherry Chiffon Pie

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serves/makes:

ready in:
2-5 hrs

ingredients

1 (8 inch) pie shell
2/3 cup fresh cherries, pitted and crushed
2/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin powder
2 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup whipping cream or topping

directions

Blend sugar, gelatin and cherries in saucepan. Cook to full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Place pan in cold water. Cook until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon.

Then fold into a meringue made from egg whites, cream of tartar and sugar. Carefully blend in whipping cream. Pile into cooled baked pie shell. Chill several hours until set.