Sunday, July 3, 2011

Baked Sunday Mornings: Blackberry Pie


For this installment of Baked Sunday Mornings, we had the pleasure of baking a Blackberry Pie. I'm not too familiar with baking pies that have a fruit or berry filling; this was my very first berry pie, actually! I've made apple pies before, and I've made key lime, but otherwise I prefer to make non-fruit pies, such as pecan. That said, I was really looking forward to switching things up a little!



The filling is a very simple mixture of fresh blackberries, butter, granulated and dark brown sugar, lemon juice and zest, flour, and salt. It smelled amazing before it even went into the oven. Plus, it only took about 10 minutes to assemble (not including the pie dough, of course).



Speaking of the pie dough, I do find this one pretty easy to work with. Granted, I don't have a ton of experience with dough (mostly because I haven't entirely overcome my fear of working with it!), but I have never had a problem with the Baked version. It baked up flaky and tender, just as it always does.

The finished product was aromatic, perfectly brown and bubbly, and tasted wonderful. I confess; I made this a while back, for Easter dinner. I saw that it was coming up in our recipe rotation for July, and I decided it would be a good thing to bring. I think this would be just the thing for a Fourth of July barbecue or party, though. It's a very summery pie, and I think it could only be enhanced by some vanilla ice cream on top!



Please do check out the other Baked Sunday Mornings blog posts this week; the blogroll can be located here.

7 comments:

  1. Hi! Your pie looks great! I'm jealous :)

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  2. What a beautiful looking pie! I also loved the Baked pie crust, and I found it really easy to work with. Mine was just a little bland, so I'd love to add a bit of something to it for next time. It seems like your filling held together well despite the juicy fruit!

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  3. Your pie does look fabulous, with the perfect consistency for the filling! Gorgeous!

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  4. Your pie is beautiful and you're right - it was fab with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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  5. Great photos - especially the top one! We loved this pie, too.

    BTW, do you know you can widen your column so you can make your photos bigger? Just go to: Design/Template Designer/Adjust Widths.

    I think you'd like the effect since your photos are so good!

    Happy 4th of July!

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  6. Your pie is really beautiful. How did you get the filling to not be totally runny?

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