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"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found."--Calvin Trillin

Mom's Cherry Chews Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
6 oz Egg White (5 large eggs) room temp
1/4 tsp salt
1-3/4 cup sugar
6 oz chopped glace cherries
1 1/4 sticks (10 T) butter or margarine, melted
1/4 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
2 cups pecans, finely chopped
Directions:
Directions:
Line 9 x 13 pan with buttered wax paper (or parchment paper). Beat egg whites with salt until foamy. Gradually add sugar and beat egg whites until they form stiff peaks.

Combine pecans, cherries, butter and vanilla.. Fold into egg whites alternating with flour. Spread into baking pan. Bake in pre-heated 325º oven, until dry, about 45 minutes. Let cool, before cutting into squares.

Roll in fine granulated sugar after cutting.

Yields: Apox. 4 Dozen
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4 dozen

 

 

 

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