Flashback and Foodie Friday ~MawMaw's Blackberry Pie

After a weeks hiatus, Flashback Friday has returned! This week I flashback to a recipe and a memory.....my MawMaw Nezat's Blackberry pie. My family was here last week and the blackberries were abundant, so I thought it was a perfect time to bake a pie with my Mom...one that her Mom made very well. My grandmother was a great cook, baker and candy maker and she made many things I loved, but for some reason blackberry pie stands out as a favorite. Her recipe is no different than thousands of others you might find on the internet, but there's a reason an old standby recipe like this is still around! There's no reason to mess with perfection! Can I also add that I LOVED baking this with my Momma :-)

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup flour

1/2 tsp cinnamon

4 cups fresh blackberries

1 1/2 tbsp butter

Directions:

Mix sugar,flour & cinnamon. Sprinkle 2tbsp of mixture inside the pastry bottom. Mix rest lightly with the blackberries & pour into pastry. Dot with butter. Cover pie with lattice crust & sprinkle strips lightly with sugar and then with cinnamon. Bake 35-45 minutes in preheated 425 degree oven.

Pie Crust

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups shortening

3 cups flour

1 tsp salt

1 egg (well beaten)

5 tbsp cold water

1 tbsp vinegar

Directions:

Cut shortening into flour & salt. Combine egg, water & vinegar. Pour liguid into flour mixture all at once. Blend with a spoon just until flour is all moistened. Form into 4 portions.

Makes 2 double crusts

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