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Pies • A family favorite

2020 Cookbook

Gramma Julie’s Fresh Fruit Pie

Recipe by Meri Brown

Heat
400°F
Time
3–4 hr + chill
Makes
Not recorded

Gramma Julie’s Fresh Fruit Pie, preserved in the Brown Family Cookbook 2020.

01

Ingredients

  • Crust -
  • 1 ½ cups flour Mix all together quickly with a fork. Pat
  • 2 tsp. Sugar firmly into pie pan and up sides, fluting
  • 1 tsp. Salt
  • top edge.
  • ½ cup oil
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
  • 2 Tbsp. Orange juice
  • Cool completely.

02

Method

  1. 01

    Fruit Filling - 1 small package of jello (strawberry or peach) 1 cup sugar 4 Tbsp. Cornstarch 2 cups water Fresh strawberries or peaches

  2. 02

    Mix dry ingredients well in saucepan. Whisk in water.

  3. 03

    Heat to boiling, stirring constantly, until thickened. Cool — stirring occasionally to prevent lumps.

  4. 04

    Add sliced fresh fruit to cooled gel, and arrange in cooled crust.

  5. 05

    Chill 3-4 hours in refrigerator. Serve topped with whipped cream.

  6. 06

    ***For blueberry pie, replace jello with 1 cup fresh blueberries. Bring to boil and stir till blueberries pop and mixture turns blue and thickens. Remove from heat and stir in 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice and 2 Tbsp. cold butter. Cool slightly. Fold in 3-4 more cups blueberries.