Baking a Ground Cherry Pie

Ground Cherry Pie

For those of you who decided to try growing ground cherries here is a recipe for a pie that is really good. Even if you don’t like the ground cherries off the vine, give the pie a try. It is really good. The pie has a different taste from eating the ground cherries. in salads or just out of the garden. This is a sweet pie. If you don’t like really sweet things, cut down on the sugar.

Ingredients

      * 2 1/2 cups ground cherries
    * 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
    * 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
    * 2 tablespoons water
    * 1 (9 inch) pie shell
   
    * 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    * 3 tablespoons white sugar
    * 2 tablespoons butter

Directions

1.   Preheat oven to 425° F (220°C).
2.   Remove covering from cherries. Wash cherries and place 
       in an unbaked pie shell.
3.   Mix brown sugar and 1 tbsp of flour and sprinkle over
       cherries.
4.   Sprinkle water over top of cherries.
5.   Mix together 3 tbsps of flour and 3 tbsps of sugar. Cut
       in butter until crumbly.
6.   Top cherry mixture with crumbs.
7.   Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes and then reduce
       the temperature to 375° F (190° C) and continue to bake
       for 25 more minutes.