Any Berry Pie
Ingredients
- Crust:
- 1 C. Crisco or lard
- 10 Tbs. hot water
- 2 Tbs. milk
- 2 1/2 C. flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 2 tsp. sugar
- Filling:
- 4 C. berries (any combination)
- 3 Tbs. flour
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 C. sugar (half white, half brown if you'd like)
Directions
For crust, cream together Crisco, hot water and milk. Add flour, baking powder, salt and 2 teaspoons of sugar. Mix together and form a ball. Cut in half. Cover with cloth or pastry sheet. When ready to roll, place flour on rolling pin and roll out to fit a 9 or 10-inch pie plate. Place one half (bottom crust) in pie plate. Roll out other half for top crust.
For filling, mix all ingredients and place evenly into crust in pie plate. Put butter cubes on top and then carefully place top crust. Crimp top crust to your taste, make air vents and bake on cookie sheet in 425-degree oven for approximately 40-50 minutes, checking for doneness every so often.
