Hello, every birdy. Today we are making a pie that has been on my list of things to bake for a while now. And the reason why I haven’t made it is very simple, both the price and the quantity we get. But we were blessed with blackberries recently and a lot of them. Enough to make a pie.

Aratiki Itto (Ar-Ra-taki E-toe) the one and oni, is an oni (demon-like) character from Inazuma. He is very loud and slightly childish. His favorite type of food is lollipops. I had thought about making some cake pops or something like that. But, the main thing about this series is the budget part. I didn’t want to buy anything that I would only use once. So I thought long and hard about what recipes I should use for him. I also didn’t want to make my sister made, as he is one of her mains. So I ended up making this pie. And designed the top crust as a lollipop. 

The recipe is from “My Country Table – Homemade Blackberry Pie.” Feel free to check out the link down below. 

I just want to explain something before we get going with this recipe. I understand that some of these recipes wouldn’t be technically “budget friendly” but we are not spending any money on these expensive ingredients. The explanation of this is simple, we have a food pantry in our community two times a month. And we try to make dinner and desserts from the things that we get from the truck. 

People shouldn’t be ashamed of getting things from food pantries. They are there so that nobody goes hungry. Especially during this time of inflation. Trying to feed 7 adults on a budget gets rather tight. So the truck helps. 

I liked this recipe because of how simple it was and honestly when I am looking around on the internet and in cookbooks I am looking for recipes which I have all of the ingredients for.

The first thing you are going to do is prepare your pie crust, fill free to skip if you already have a pie crust.

If you want to make your own pie crust it is very simple. This recipe will be enough for both the top crust and the bottom crust. The link to this recipe will also be down below. 

You will need

• Flour 
• Salt
• Shortening
• Ice water

In a large bowl you are going to measure out the flour and the salt. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender or two forks. Add your ice water 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough clumps  together and is not too moist. 

Place your dough on a floured surface and divide it equally in half. Wrap one of the halves in plastic wrap and put it in the freezer or fridge until you are ready to use it. 

For the other half, what I did was divided it into 3rds. One of the thirds I didn’t color. The other two I colored with food gel. One of them was orange and the other was purple. I wrap each of those in plastic wrap and put them in the freezer until I was ready. 

Now onto  the pie filling, you will need:

• Blackberries
• Sugar, divided
• Cornstarch

The first thing you want to do is preheat your oven to 350 F. 

In a large pan you are going to mix together  your blackberries and one cup of sugar. 

Let them set for about 15 minutes and if there is any juice, you will want to drain most of it. 

Add in the rest of the sugar and the cornstarch to the blackberries. 

Once the cornstarch is mixed in with the blackberries you are going to place your pan on medium heat and bring it to a boil. Making sure that you stir it constantly. The reason you want to stir constantly is because you do not want to scorch the bottom of your pan. 

Once the mixture is boiling, you will continue to stir for another two minutes. Or until the mixture has slightly thickened. Remove it from the heat, and feel free to taste test it at this point to see if you need to add any more sugar to it. 

Let the mixture cool off of the heat for about 5 minutes, or until you are done with the pie crust. 

Take your pie crusts out of the freezer or the fridge, and roll them out. The bottom crust will be just a basic bottom crust. Nothing too fancy. 

I made my top crust before putting my pie filling in and it seemed like it helped me. 

I rolled out both of the colors to be the same shape. And I shaped it into a lollipop, alternating the colors between orange and purple. Until I didn’t have any more left. I did have more pie crust left, so I used that to make a bow and a stem for the lollipop. 

In order to help your future self, you will want to place your pan on a cookie sheet so that it can capture any spillage. 

You are going to bake your pie for 50 minutes or until it the golden brown is on top. 

Let it cool completely before slicing. 

I was honestly so happy about how this pie turned out. I have never made a blackberry pie before because of the cost and the number of blackberries that we have had in the past. I this was on my list of things that I wanted to make. And I am so happy that I was able to do it. 

I hope that you like these recipes. Feel free to check it out for yourselves. See you in the next recipe. 

Show the original author some 💖💖💖 My Country Table

Show the original pie crust, author, some  💖💖💖 Betty Crocker

Here is a printable version of this recipe: on the blog

Printable version of this pie crust recipe: on the blog

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