PIE, PIE, ME OH MY

Thanksgiving is tomorrow & there is too much to do.

I work half a day tomorrow and then have 2 hours to finish making

my meal before I host "Orphan Thanksgiving."

Today I will be making 2 pies.

Dutch Apple Pie & Mixed Berry Pie

This post will only feature the: 

"Mixed Berry Pie"

There are a few steps for the pie.
The first is the crust.
It will need to cool in the fridge for at least an hour... so keep that in mind.

The Crust

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) of unsalted butter

+ a little more for the pie plate

2.5 cups of all purpose flour

+ a little for rolling out the dough

1 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of sugar

Ice water

Directions:

Cut each stick of butter into eight pieces & put in the fridge.

Mix the flour, salt & sugar into a large bowl.

Using a food processor blend the chilled butter into bowl with the 

flour mixture.

The mixture should resemble coarse meal with small pieces of butter visible.

If needed add a few teaspoons of the ice water and blend until the dough 

holds its shape.

Divide the dough into 2 equal parts, flatten & form into disk shapes

then stick them in 2 plastic baggies.

Chill in the fridge for at least an hour.

Now while the dough is chilling prep your 

Pie Filling

Ingredients:

1 cup of fresh strawberries, halved

2 cups of raspberries

1.2 cups of fresh blueberries

1/2 cup white sugar

3 tablespoons of cornstarch

1 egg beaten (for wash)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a large bowl mix together the sugar & cornstarch.

Add the berries and toss with the sugar mixture.

Let them sit while you roll out the dough.

Roll out your dough large enough fill the bottom and sides of your

pie plate.

Grease your pie plate.

Lay out the rolled dough onto the plate and trim off any excess dough.

Now add the berry mixture into the crust lined pie plate.

Now roll the other dough out for your top.

Do something fun for the top...

I decided to make a polka-dot top.

 Press together the top and bottom dough.

Before putting it in the oven, take the egg and mix it up

to make the egg wash.

Take a pastry brush and brush on the egg all over the top crust.

To make sure the edges don't burn wrap them up with Aluminum foil.

Bake the pie for 25 minutes.

Once your timer goes off take off the foil and bake

for another 25 minutes, or until the top is golden.