I have waxed poetic on this blog about pie before, but as a pie lover (we had a pie buffet at our wedding that upstaged our wedding cake), I am of the belief that enough good things can never be said about pie.
In the last four days, I have made five pies: three blueberry, one strawberry with oatmeal streusel, and one lemon meringue. We entertained, and then were guests twice, and I offered to bring dessert each time. The fruit just looked so good at the market where I go, so pie seemed like the obvious answer, plus I never seem to get tired of it. I think I’ve come up with the perfect filling for fruit pies over the last few days:
Fruit Pie Filling
2 cups sliced fruit or berries
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup white sugar
5 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon melted butter
½ teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg (depends on what you like)
¼ teaspoon salt
Mix the ingredients in the list above to fill your favorite pie crust. I like Pillsbury Refrigerated Pie Crusts when I am in a hurry.
Need a dessert idea for the 4th?
Pink Lemonade Pie
Fluffy Strawberry Pie
Have you seen this cool gadget, the Strawberry Slicester? It would make easy work of culling strawberries.
Blueberry Raspberry Lattice Pie
What is your favorite kind of pie?