Try this pie...

For Boston's birthday party last month, I was asked to bring a favorite pie of mine. So I brought my home made blackberry pie, with homemade crust (is homemade one word or two words?). I knew I had done something right when the master cook, Roseanne Gunther (Bruce's mom), said: "Christy this pie is a real hit. You've got to get this recipe!" That was easily the nicest compliment paid out to me in the past 60 days from a very nice person indeed.

So, without further delay and with all due respect to Betty Crocker's New Cookbook, here is the recipe:

1. Heat oven to 425 F.
2. Mix 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup flour, and 1/2 teaspoon cinammon in large mixing bowl. Stir in 6 cups unsweetened blackberries. Sprinkle with 1 Tbsp lemon juice for extra flavor. Pour into 9" pasty-lined pie pan.
3. Dot with margarine.
4. Cover with second pastry and put slits in pastry for proper venting during bakin. The slits can even spell neato things like: "U of U #1" or "Feliz Navidad" or "Betty Crocker Rocks." Seal the top pastry crust with the bottom pastry crust with back side of fork around the edges of the pie.
5. Place 2-3" of aluminum on edge of pie to avoid blackening out the edges of the crust during baking. Remove during last 15 minutes for some nice browning however.
6. Bake 40-45 minutes.
7. After cooling, serve first piece of pie to Roseanne Gunther for instant validation and gratification.