Does a Mother in your life bake a delicious pie? Delicious enough that she deserves her own pie dish with her name on it? Or is it a casserole that’s her signature? Do her talents lie in other areas of the house? Would she love a welcome mat with her family name to rest at the front door, or a sweet garden pot with the names of her favorite little flowers? No matter what her specialty is or where her interest lies, there is something you could personalize a gift for Mother’s Day at Personal Creations to make her feel loved and appreciated this year.

I wasn’t too sure of my pie making skills when my personalized “Made with Love by Amy” blue pie dish arrived, as I hadn’t made a pie crust in many years.  I wanted a perfectly crusted pie to be in my culinary arsenal, which is why I wanted a personalized pie dish. I knew it would make me work on my pie making, so I got right down to business.

To celebrate my husband’s and my very first Married Sunday Dinner, I baked an Apple Blackberry Pie for dessert. It was following meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans, so I chose a simple, classic, American pie to follow a simple, classic meal.  Below you’ll find the recipe for the pie, which was absolutely delicious!  I’m not sure the blue (to match our kitchen) pie dish or having my name and “logo” on it made the pie taste better, but it certainly made it look extra awesome!

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Amy’s Apple Blackberry Pie Recipe

Crust

• 2.5 cup ap flour
• 1 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 15 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small cubes

Filling

• 6 large apples, any variety and combo will work and I like a combo of green and red
• 1 cup fresh blackberries
• 3/4 cup Sugar in the Raw
• 1.5 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• pinch salt

Directions

Heat oven to 420 degrees. Peel and slice apples. Add lemon juice, sugar, vanilla and salt. Sprinkle on corn starch. Stir and allow to rest 10-15 minutes.

Sift flour and sugar into cool bowl. Then add salt and butter. Work together with a pastry blender, until all butter chunks are pea-size. Add six tablespoons ice cold water, one at a time, until dough comes together to be a smooth ball. Divide into two equal portions, shape into disc, wrap with plastic and chill 30 minutes.

On floured surface, with floured rolling pin, shape first dough ball into round 1/4″ inch sheet. Roll dough up onto pin to transfer onto pie dish. Press edges and trim excess to make your bottom crust.

Add apple/berry mixture to raw pie crust. Then roll out second crust and transfer to make top crust. Seal edges together and crimp anyway you like. Make 6 slits and a star shaped hole in the middle of the crust. Sprinkle on a generous amount of sugar in the raw.

Put pie directly on middle rack in hot oven. In 25 minutes, reduce heat to 350 and slide a cookie sheet under pie. Cook for additional 30-40 minutes until crust is evenly brown and purple goodness begins to ooze out of the cracks around the edges. Allow to rest one hour before cutting. Best served with vanilla ice cream.

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Thanks to Personal Creations for providing a sample.