Recipes from Amish Country :: Amish Pies, Cakes, and other Desserts
Ground cherries, also known as husk tomatoes, produce tiny tomato-like fruits in papery husks on low, lanky bushes. This is an old Mennonite recipe with a crumb topping.
2 1/2 (two and a half) c. pitted ground cherries
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. water
1 (9-in.) pie shell
3 Tbsp. flour
3 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. butter
Preheat oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit.
Wash ground cherries and place in unbaked pie shell.
Mix brown sugar and 1 Tbsp. flour and sprinkle and distribute over cherries. Sprinkle and distribute water over top.
Mix together the 3 Tbsp. flour and 3 Tbsp. sugar. Cut butter in until crumbly. Top cherry mixture with crumbs.
Bake for 15 mins. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees fahrenheit and continue to bake for 25 mins.
