Garden Huckleberry Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 cups garden huckleberry
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 pie crusts (either storebought or your own recipe)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 stem, wash and drain huckleberries.
• 3 place berries in a heavy pot, cover with cold water and bring to a slow boil.
• 4 cook until soft.
• 5 drain; mash berries with a potato masher to break their skins.
• 6 add sugar, nutmeg, salt, butter, lemon juice and cornstarch.
• 7 cook for about five minutes, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens.
• 8 place pastry for bottom crust in pie pan.
• 9 pour in the berry mixture and dot with butter.
• 10 cover with top crust, crimping crust edges to seal and piercing top crust all over with a fork to allow steam to escape.
• 11 bake for 45 minutes or until the crust is a light brown.
• 12 cool.