Ground Cherry Pie

Ingredients

For the pie crust

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into cubes
• 4-5 tablespoons ice water
• 1 teaspoon salt

For the pie filling

• 2 1/2 cups of ground cherries, husks removed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 1/2 tablespoons flour

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

2. 2

   For the crust: Combine flour and salt in a food processor.

3. 3

   Slowly add cubes of chilled butter.

4. 4

   Slowly add ice water until the dough forms a ball.

5. 5

   Roll out the dough for the pie crust bottom and place in a pie pan.

6. 6

   There is enough dough to make a lattice or rustic top crust.

7. 7

   For the filling: Mix cherries, sugar, water, and flour in a bowl.

8. 8

   Pour into pie pan on top of bottom crust.

9. 9

   Make lattice or rustic top crust and place on top of filling.

10. 10

    Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes. Then lower the oven temperature to 300 degrees and bake for 30 minutes, until the pie filling is set.