Berry Pie in a Clay Saucer

Happy Happy Friday!

Small clay saucers are a great alternative to the mini aluminum pie tins.  I love how they are different to make a pie in and how flaky the pie crust turns out!

Since winter has apparently returned here in our neck of the woods {doesn't that sound Little House on the Prairieish?} and I have clay saucers that are not  being used for spring pots boasting beautiful flowers and herbs, I decided to bring the look, smell, and taste inside!

{Does anybody else just feel like nesting when it is stormy, cold and wet outside?}

Berry Pie in a Clay Saucer
Lisa Pearson


5 cups of berries

1 cup of sugar...these berries were super sweet.  You can taste test if you need to add more!

zest and juice from 1 lemon

2 TBSP. melted butter

1/4 cup flour...be generous...no need to flatten it down

1 store-bought box of pie dough {TRADER JOE'S is my favorite!}

4  5" clay saucers...not glazed or treated.  Be sure to wash them well.

A bit of milk or half and half and coarse sugar for embellishment {optional}

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 425*

Combine berries, sugar, lemon, butter and flour into a mixing bowl.  Stir well and let it sit.

Follow directions on pie dough box.

Once pie dough is rolled out a bit, place saucer upside down and cut around the lip, allowing about an inch for your dough to sit inside of the saucer.  The more rustic looking the better.  You will be able to make four mini dough discs out of each large disc.  This will give you two bottoms and two tops.  Repeat with the next large disc.

Then, line each clay saucer with the dough for the bottoms and gently press against the bottom and the sides.

Place a generous cup of berry pie filling into each saucer.  Then put the tops on and pinch the tops and bottoms together.  Take a pastry brush and dip it into the milk and brush it on top of the pie.  Then, sprinkle the course sugar on top. You are not looking for perfectionism here.  You are looking for old-fashioned and homemade looking!

Place pies on baking sheets.  They will run over...and you will have a big ol' mess on your hands.  Trust me.

Bake at 425* for about 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and super dee duper bubbly.

Let cool a bit and serve with ice cream.

Keep one for date night, freeze one and share the rest.

I read this quote the other day and it is so true.



“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”
                         Booker T. Washington

This does not necessarily mean spending a lot of money, a lot of time, or feeling like you have to do something for someone else, but there are those times when you may feel like you are in a slump and the very best thing to do can be to do something for someone else.  Just give it a try!

"In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said:  It is more blessed to give than to receive,"  Acts 20:35

Shared with:  at the picket fence, stone gable, comfy in the kitchen, foodie friday, thirty handmade days, Titus2sday, growing home

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