Berry Pie "Berry" pie? Yeah, well, pretty much any kind of berry works in this. I've made blueberry, blackberry, and raspberry pies this way. It's pretty generic. You might have to adjust the amount of sugar depending on your tastes and the sweetness of your berries. Ingredients 4 cups berries (blue, black, rasp, marion, boysen, thimble, etc.) 1/3 - 1/2 cup sugar 2-3 Tablespoons flour 2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 Tablespoon sugar (optional) 3/4 cup shortening 6-8 Tablespoons cold water Make the Crust Preheat oven to 425. Sift together the flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt, plus 1 Tablespoon sugar if desired, in a large bowl. Cut in the shortening with a pastry cutter or two knives until the mixture resembles coarse ground meal. Add ice water 1 Tablespoon at a time, mixing until dough holds together (up to 8 Tablespoons). Working quickly, form into a ball, divide in half. Roll out 1/2 and fit into a pie pan, trimming edges. Fill 'er Up In a large bowl, put 1/3 - 1/2 cup sugar and 2-3 Tablespoons flour. Add the berries, and toss gently to coat. Pour the coated berries and all the excess flour and sugar into the prepared pie crust. Put a Lid On It Roll out the second half of the pie crust into a round, and lay it over the top of the pie. Seal the edges by hand, or with a fluter. Trim off the excess crust, and cut slits in the top for venting the steam. Bake It Cover the edges of the pie with tinfoil to prevent burning, and bake 20 minutes. Remove the tinfoil, and bake another 30 minutes, or until crust is lightly browned. Serve warm with ice cream, or cold! Notes and Hints and Stuff Yes, you can make homemade pie crusts. It's not as tricky as it sounds, but there are a few things to remember. The water and the shortening need to be very cold (the water should have ice in it while you are working). Work very quickly. The less you handle the dough, the flakier it will be. Cutting shortening into flour means just that...cut the shortening repeatedly with a pastry cutter or two knives. Do not mix with your hands, and handle only when necessary for forming a dough ball. Bad with pie shells? Buy one! Okay, this is cheating a little more, but let's face it, most of us can't make the kind of pie crusts our foremothers used to. If you wreck yours, get thee to a store and buy a frozen one, fill it, and bake it.