Fourth of July Pie

Donna
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Fourth of July Pie - baked pie I used blueberries since they are on sale. We love them anyway, but you can make the entire pie with strawberries or with a little corner of blueberries for the flag design. Either way it's a simple way to add some fun to your festivities!

Total Time: 70 minutes

Yield: one pie

Ingredients:

frozen deep dish pie crust
5 cups blueberries (fresh of frozen)
4 or 5 strawberries
1 cup sugar
4 tsp corn starch
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp butter

Steps:

Mix the blueberries, sugar, corn starch, salt and cinnamon together in a bowl while the pie shells thaw out a bit.

Fourth of July Pie - blueberries and ingredients in bowl

Pour the mixture into the unbaked pie shell and add lines of cut strawberry slices as shown.

Place one unbaked pie shell onto a floured board and cut a few strips of pie dough.

With a cardboard cut out star pattern or a star cookie cutter, cut out a few star shapes from the dough and lay them on top of the pie, flag style. I cut one teaspoon of butter on top of the mixture before placing the crust. Save the remaining dough in the freezer for future desserts, like an apple dumpling.