Scrumptious Black Berry Pie! Plump, juicy, sweet, tart black berries gathered in a flaky, buttery, tender crust!
I had totally switched gears and was ready to welcome in Autumn and all its flavors and then a strange out of season thing happened here in Michigan. We’ve had a week of high 80-90 degree weather and apparently its sticking around until the end of next week. We barely reached 90 degrees all summer and its coming now? The first week of Autumn? You perplex me Mother Nature.
One thing that Mother Nature does right is berries and the official September berry is the Black Berry. Known for their deep dark purply black exterior and sweet/tart flavor these berries are just as pretty to look at as they are delicious to eat. Just a little sugar, lemon juice and a little thickener and you got yourself a fabulously sweet tart pie filling.
Then the crust! Since I like the berries to be the star of the show I always use a classic pie dough. Sometimes classic is best and that flaky, buttery, tender crust is the dreamiest vessel to hold all that wonderful filling.
I have to admit I underestimated how juicy and bubbly these Black Berries would get once they started to bake! My favorite part of the pie baking experience is when the filling bubbles and bubble it did!! Talk about exciting. That is why you always put your pie plate on a cookie sheet 😉 .
Here’s to the first official weekend in Autumn!!
Enjoy!
Stacey
FORGOT TO PIN IT? Here you go! Thanks.
Scrumptious Black Berry Pie
Ingredients
- CRUST:
- You can use your favorite crust recipe or a refrigerated crust 2 come in package and you will need both. Or follow the recipe below.
- 2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup cold unsalted butter cut into small pieces
- 1/4 cup ice water more if needed
- FILLING:
- 2 lbs black berries
- 1 and 1/3 cups sugar
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 3 Tbsp lemon juice
- 3 Tbsp cold butter cut into tiny pieces
- GARNISH: OPTIONAL
- 1 egg white
- 1 Tbsp sanding sugar
Instructions
- CRUST:
- Add flour and salt to food processor
- Add the pieces of cold butter and mix for about 10 seconds or until mixture is a coarse meal texture.
- Add ice water a very little bit a time through the feed tube while food processor is running until dough holds together but is not sticky or wet.
- Empty onto a large piece of plastic wrap, press together to form a dough ball.
- Cut in half and form each into a round disk and wrap each separately in plastic wrap.
- Chill for at least an hour.
- When ready roll out each disk onto a floured surface, must be about 1/8 inch thick and fit in 9 inch pie plate. Place one disk in the 9 inch pie plate. The second rolled out disk can be cut as desired for a decorative top crust.
- FILLING:
- Pre heat oven to 375 degrees F
- Move oven rack to lower 2/3 of oven.
- Place cookie sheet in oven to heat it up as you prepare the filling.
- In large bowl add in the berries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch.
- Mix to coat berries thoroughly.
- Roll out your bottom pie crust, place into 9 inch pie plate. Gently press into plate so to make sure it is laying flat.
- Pour filling into pie, spread evenly.
- Place pie dough strips over the top of pie and crimp edges together.
- Place butter pieces on top of pie filling randomly.
- Brush egg white on top of pie dough strips, sprinkle with sanding sugar.
- Place pie on hot cookie sheet and back 1 hour and 10 minutes.
- At 45 minutes check your crust, if edges are browning fast you can cover the edges with aluminum foil to prevent from burning.
- Let pie cool completely.
What a wonderfully scrumptious pie you created, Stacey! You are right, blackberries are at their best in September and they deserve to be presented in your utterly delicious pie! And what I love most are these cute little pie crust roses! Thanks a lot for sharing!
All the best, Simone
Hi Simone! Thank you very much! Blackberries make one of the best pies for sure. So glad you liked the roses, I had a few extra strips of dough and didn’t want to waste it. Take care.
That pie looks so pretty Stacey!! And that oozing blackberry filling sounds yummy! Perfect pie to welcome Fall :).
Thanks Deepika! Blackberries are really amazing in a pie! Take care.
Stacey, this pie is just stunning! If only I could get my pastry to look so perfect! Blackberries are one of my favorites so I’m just drooling over here 🙂
Hi Kelsie! Thank you very much! Blackberries make an amazing pie and I just love the dark color! Take care.
My mouth is officially watering! Your posts have that effect on me! I’m a big black berry fan and this pie is calling my name! So delicious, Stacey!! Pinned!
Hi Annie! Thank you 🙂 . Blackberries are so special, from the way they look to the way they taste! So glad you liked the pie. Take care.
I just ate some blackberries this morning and now I see this pie!! Looks amazing and pretty! I love those little curly rose pie crusts as decoration too! Pinning!!
Hi Kim! Thank you, the little roses were a nice way to use up my dough scraps 😉 . Ive been popping blackberries like candy here lately. Take care.
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL STACEY!!!! This is an amazing looking black berry pie. It looks so beautiful and delicious.
It is Spring here in South Africa and I have been waiting to harvest the blackberries growing in my old gardening wheelbarrow for a delicious recipe like this. I would love to try out this recipe this weekend.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful recipe!
Have a great week ?
Hi Ashika! Thank you very much! I think its so cool that you are entering spring as we are entering fall 🙂 . How nice that you harvest your own blackberries and they are in a wheelbarrow, sounds so picturesque. Take care.
Blackberries are my favourite of the berries 😉 Mother Nature definitely does things right!! And so do you – this is amazing looking, Stacey! (I love your plate, too)
Hi Katherine! Thank you! Blackberries are like little jewels aren’t they? I just love them to. Take care.
This looks ridiculously good!! I am swooning over this luscious pie, Stacey! I love the little rosettes too! We are also experiencing Indian summer here in Massachusetts. We’ll take it, because it’s going to cool off soon 🙁
Hi Thao! Thank you very much! Cool off it will for sure 😉 . The rosettes were a lot of fun and they used up the last of the dough. Take care.