Ozark Mountain Berry Pie Recipes

MIXED BERRY PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix flour and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Divide dough into 2 portions so that 1 is slightly larger than the other. Shape each into a disk. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., For filling, in a large saucepan, whisk sugar, cornstarch, salt, water and, if desired, cinnamon until smooth; add blueberries. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool slightly., Preheat oven to 400°. Gently fold raspberries, strawberries, blackberries and lemon juice into blueberry mixture. On a lightly floured surface, roll out larger portion of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate. Add filling; dot with butter., Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; cut into 1/2-in.-wide strips. Arrange over filling in a lattice pattern. Trim and seal strips to edge of bottom crust; flute edge. Bake 10 minutes. , Reduce oven setting to 350°; bake 45-50 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack.

OZARK PIE

Steps:

• Butter a 9 1/2 inch deep dish pie pan; set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, combine egg, egg yolk, sugar, and brown sugar; beat, using an electric mixer, for 2 minutes or until light and airy; blend in vanilla.
• In another bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg; stir into the batter along with the apple and nuts.
• Transfer mixture into prepared pie pan; smoothing the top to even out.
• Place pie on the center rack of a 350° oven; bake about 30 minutes or until the top is a dark golden brown and crusted over; the apples will most likely be visible through the crust.
• Place pie on a wire rack and let cool.
• Serve barely warm or at room temperature, garnished with whipped cream.

MOUNTAIN BERRY PIE

Steps:

• Combine sugar, cornstarch, salt and cinnamon in a large saucepan.
• Stir in berries and add water and lemon juice.
• Cook over medium heat just to the boiling point- it should be thickened. If berries are frozen this takes a little while.
• Pour into pie shell and dot with butter.
• Top with a lattice crust or full crust with slits cut.
• Brush top with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.