Recipe for cooking Fresh Berry Pies

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Fruit Pies and Cobblers

Fresh Berry Pies

4 c. fresh berries or cherries
1 c. sugar
2 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/8 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. lemon juice*

* (for blueberry pie only)

Blend sugar, cornstarch and salt. Pour over berries and stir until berries are coated. Pour berries into an unbaked pie shell. Dot with butter. Add a top crust and cut several slits in top to permit steam to escape. Bake at 425 degrees F for 15 mins.; then at 350 degrees F for 20 mins..

NOTE: For canned or cooked berries, allow 2 c. of fruit and 1/2 c. juice.