Bubby's Sour Cherry Pie

Name: Bubby's Sour Cherry Pie
Prep time: 3 h 40 min
Cook time: 3 h 40 min
Total time: 3 h 40 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon pure almond extract; 2 liters pitted sour cherries; 315 milliliters granulated sugar, plus more for sprinkling; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 4 homemade or store-bought rounds of pie dough; 0 teaspoons salt; 5 Tbsps tapioca; 118 milliliters melted unsalted butter

Bubby's Sour Cherry Pie is If you have rounds of pie dough, tapioca, granulated sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a rather cheap dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours and 40 minutes.

Instructions

In a large bowl, mix together the cherries, sugar, tapioca, butter, lemon juice, almond extract and salt.

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Almond Extract

Lemon Juice

Cherries

Tapioca

Butter

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Transfer 2 rounds of pie dough to two 9-inch pie tins. Divide the cherry mixture between the crusts. Cover the pies with the remaining 2 rounds of dough (in a lattice pattern, if desired).

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Pie Dough

Cherries

Dough

Sprinkle the pie crusts with water, and then with some sugar. Chill the pies in the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before baking.

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Pie Crust

Sugar

Water

Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F.

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Oven

Place the pies on baking sheets and transfer to the oven.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Bake about 5 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 375 degrees F and continue baking until the filling bubbles and the crust is golden brown, about 45 minutes. Cool the pies on wire rack at least 2 hours before slicing. Store at room temperature up to 2 days.

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Crust