BYE-BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE

HAPPY PIONEER DAY!

To celebrate this wonderful holiday, 

I have decided to share my recipe for the American Berry Pie with you!

For the crust I used the Lion House Pie Dough recipe

(buy the Lion House Classics Cookbook)

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup margarine

1/3 cup vegetable shortening

1/3 cup lard

1 tablespoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon nonfat dry milk

3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour

1/2 cup cold water (may need 1 tablespoon more water)

In a mixer cream together the fats. Add sugar, baking powder, salt, and dry milk. Add half the flour and mix well. Add water and remaining flour. This can all be done in the mixer. (This crust can also be made using the traditional pie crust method, by hand-cutting fat ingredients into dry ingredients.)

Roll out half of the pastry very thin. Line a pie pan. Trim pastry 1/4 inch beyond rim of crust. Cut out stripes and stars to lay on top of the berry center (p.s. cutting the stars is a lot harder than you would think). Fill bottom crust. Moisten the edge of the bottom crust and center top crust over filing. Trim the top crust stripes/stars, letting them extend 1/2 inch over rim. To seal, press top and bottom crusts together on rim. Then fold edge of top crust under bottom crust and flute. 

Berry Filling:

For the Berry filling I did a mixture of frozen blueberries and fresh blackberries for the blue section

 and fresh strawberries and raspberries for the red section. Approximately 3 1/2 - 4 cups of berries total.

Separate the two berries colors into two different bowls and split 1/2 of sugar and 3-4 tablespoons of cornstarch between the two and stir gently.

Once your pie is all put together, cover the edge of the pie with foil to prevent over-browning and bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 20-30 minutes, or until the filling is bubbling and the crust is golden. Cool on a wire rack.

This pie is amazing served warm and topped with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

Not too shabby for my first pie, eh?

Enjoy!