Cherry-ladyfinger dessert

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Preparation Time:

20 Min

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Difficulty:

Moderate

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

16 oz Cherries, red sour; pitted 1 pk Ladyfingers; 3 oz. pkg.
1/2 c Sugar Cream, whipped; optional
3 oz Gelatin, cherry flavored Cherries, maraschino; opt.
1/2 pt Cream, whipping

Drain cherries, reserving juice, set cherries aside. Measure cherry
juice and add enough hot water to make 1 cup; combine with sugar in a
saucepan and bring to a boil. Dissolve gelatin in hot liquid; chill
until mixture is slightly thick.

Whip cream and fold into thickened, cooked gelatin mixture. Fold in
cherries. Line bottom of 8-inch square pan with halved ladyfingers.
Spread cherry mixture evenly over ladyfingers. Refrigerate
overnight. To serve, garnish with whipped cream and maraschino
cherries, if desired.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in the 1970s. Typos by
Nancy Coleman.
Submitted By NANCY COLEMAN On 04-25-95