Blackberry Pie

The blackberries coming over our back yard fence are just huge! The warm and humid weather have made them ripen so beautifully. I picked a big bowl yesterday morning and decided to make a pie.

 

This is the pie.  I think it is the best pie I have ever made!  Wonderful flavor and nice and firm.

Here is the recipe:

5-6 cups blackberries
1 cup of sugar
2 teaspoons of lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 cup of corn starch
1 box of 2 pre-made pie crusts

Place blackberries,sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, almond extract and corn starch in a large bowl.  Gently fold the berries until the are well coated with sugar.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Lay one unbaked crust in a pie plate.  Spoon the berry mixture into the pie shell.  I had a fancy pie crust cutter to make my top but you could just cut the pie crust into strips and make a lattice work top.  Press the top crust to the bottom crust at the edges to seal the pie. 

Bake the pie for 30 minutes at 400 degrees, then put a sheet of aluminum foil over the top to keep the edges and top of the crust from burning.  Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake for another 30 minutes, until crust has browned and filling is bubbly.

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