Blackberry Pie

Ingredients:

6 cups fresh or frozen blackberries

2 tsp lemon juice

1 to 1 1/2 cups sugar (depending on how sweet the berries are)

1/2 cup flour

1/4 tsp salt

2 Tablespoons butter

In a large bowl combine berries and lemon juice and toss.  In a small bowl combine sugar, flour, flour and cinnamon; sprinkle over berries and toss until coated.   Spoon berry mixture into pastry lined pie plate.  Dot berries with butter and top with remaining pastry crimp edges and make several slits in the top.  

In a small bowl combine an egg yolk with 1 tsp of water.  Brush evenly over pastry top.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour until juice bubbles through the slits.  If the edges get too brown cover with foil. 

Pastry

2 Cups all-purpose flour

3/4 tsp salt

1 cup vegetable disheartening

1 egg

2 Tablespoons cold water

1 teaspoon white vinegar

In a mixing bowl combine flour and salt.  Add shortening to the flour mixture cutting in with a pastry blender until well blended.  Mix together egg, water and vinegar making sure mixture is cold.  Add to flour and shortening mix with a fork.  Divide dough into two and create two discs. Wrap with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.  Roll out pastry, place in pie pan and fill.