4cupspitted and halved cherries (bing or other tart cherries)
2tablespoonspure vanilla
1-1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/3cupcornstarch or Clearjel
1tablespoon butter
1eggbeaten with 2 tablespoons water for egg wash
Grandma's Pie Crust (9-inch double crust)
2cups flour(see notes below for gluten free)
1teaspoonsalt
2tablespoonssugar
1/8 teaspoonbaking powder
1cupshortening or butter (or 1/2-cup of each)
1/2cupcold water
Instructions
Grandma's Pie Crust:
In a large bowl, stir all of the dry ingredients together.
Use a large serving fork or pastry cutter and cut in the shortening (or butter) until crumbly.
Add the cold water all at once and stir a few times, just until forms a ball (do not kneed or over mix).
Divide dough in half (this will be rather soft). Roll out one half on heavily floured counter top about 1 to 1-1/2 inches wider than pie plate. Roll up dough onto rolling pin and unroll onto pie plate.
Cut off extra dough and set prepared bottom crust aside for filling.
Makes one 9-inch double crust.
Filling:
Preheat oven to 350.
Stir together the sugar and Clearjel or cornstarch (which helps there to be no clumps of the starch), then add in the rhubarb, candied orange (or juice) and vanilla.
Pit and halve the cherries, adding directly to the rhubarb mixture.
Pour the fruit filling into prepared bottom crust, dot the top with the butter.
Wet edges of crust with egg wash, place on top crust, lightly crimp the edges and slice/cut in holes for venting.
Brush the entire top crust with the egg wash, sprinkle with about 1 tablespoon of sugar.
Bake at 350 for 70 minutes.
Yum!
Notes
Gluten Free Crust:Use my gluten free flour mix at a one to one substitution. Use butter instead of shortening. Make the pie dough the same as above, but roll it out onto a GF floured parchment or wax paper, invert onto pie plate and peel off paper. If it tears, it will simply push back together. Use egg wash to seal the top and bottom crust instead of water, and make sure to use egg wash on top for baking (otherwise it will be "light" and won't have that beautiful baked look).