RED CHERRY PIE

2½ tablespoons Minute Tapioca

1 cup sugar

⅛ teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon melted butter

2½ cups canned seeded red cherries, drained

1 cup cherry juice

1 recipe Pie Crust ([page 14])

Combine Minute Tapioca, sugar, salt, butter, cherries, and cherry juice; let stand about 15 minutes or while pastry is being made. Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry rolled ⅛ inch thick. Fill with cherry mixture. Moisten edge of pastry with cold water. Adjust top crust. Bake in hot oven (450° F.) 15 minutes; then decrease heat to moderate (350° F.) and bake 30 minutes longer, or until filling is cooked.