Recipes

Cherry Pie Filling

Recipe No. 407 from the U.S. Army's WWII cookbook — Pies. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Army TM10-412 · Desserts · Pie

Serves 100 servings
View source — TM 10-412 Army Recipes (War Department, 1944) ↗

Recipe No. 407 from the U.S. Army’s WWII cookbook — Pies. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Directions

  1. Substitute four No. 10 cans sour cherries for apricots in recipe for apricot pie filling. Add enough water to cherry juice to make a total of 5 quarts (five No. 56 dippers) liquid.

Notes

— TM 10-412, Army Recipes (War Department, 15 August 1944), recipe No. 407, Pies. Army measures: 1 No. 56 dipper = 1 qt; 1 No. 55 dipper = 1¾ qt; 1 mess kit cup = 1½ pints.