TART CHERRY PIE

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This recipe was originally made under the supervision of my sister in law who is a fabulous cook. She taught me how to make perfect pie crust and the cherry filling is fabulous. I use Thank You brand canned tart cherries in their own juice for this pie. They are hard to find and other canned cherries can be substituted as...

Provided by Jean Antosh

Time 2h

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

2 c all purpose flour
12 Tbsp butter, cut into pieces
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
1/4 c orange juice (scant)
FOR A 2 CRUST PIE
3 lb (one pound cans) unsweetened sour cherries, drained and save 1 1/2c cherry juice
3/4 c sugar
1 1/2 cup c saved liquid from cherries
3 Tbsp tapioca flour (quick cooking tapioca which has been ground to a flour)

Steps:

1. Make pie crust. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Cut in butter and mix with finger tips until somewhat like cornmeal.(Not quite as fine).
3. Sprinkle OJ a little at a time from a spoon and very gently coax dough to come together. The liquid will absorb. Often I need less than called for, so take your time and don't get it over wet.
4. Divide the dough in half and form into flat balls, and just squeeze lightly to press the dough together in each ball.
5. Cover bowl with a towel and chill for one hour.
6. While dough chills make filling. Place 3 cans cherries in large bowl having drained of their liquid.
7. Add to cherries: 3/4 cup sugar, 1 1/2 cups reserved liquid from cherries, and 3 TBS of tapioca flour.
8. Allow cherries to sit a while and get ready to roll out the dough. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
9. On a well floured board, roll out the first dough ball about 1/4 thick. Place in a glass bottomed deep dish pie pan. Cover with a damp towel so the dough does not dry out while you roll out the top crust.
10. Add cherry mixture to pie pan with dough. The mixture will be quite full and watery. I often have more than my pan will take. Dampen the pie dough edges where the top crust will be placed with some of the cherry juice.
11. Roll out top crust and place on top. Pleat edges and cut steam vents on the top dough.
12. Place the pie on a cookie sheet with sides (like a jelly roll pan) and place on the middle rack in a 375 degree oven.
13. Bake about 1 hour, the juices will bubble up through the vents a bit and sometimes it bakes over onto the cookie sheet below. The crust will be a warm golden brown.
14. Cool on wire rack. Enjoy!