Spokane school superintendent Shelley Redinger shares her mother's famous huckleberry pie recipe. This delicious desert is made with crust from scratch and hand picked huckleberries.
- Combine flour and salt; cut in butter with a pastry cutter or fork until crumbly. Gradually add ice water, tossing with a fork until dough holds together.
- Divide dough in two with one piece slightly larger. Shape into 2 disks. Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll 2 disks of dough.
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- To make filling, mix berries, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice together in a large mixing bowl. Place in crust-lined pie plate.
- Add second crust to top of pie and seal well. Cut a few slits in pastry.
- Brush the top with one beaten egg, a tsp. of cream and a sprinkle of sugar.
- Place pie on middle oven rack with a sheet of foil on rack below pie to catch spillover juices.
- Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
- Let cool for about 4 hours so filling stays firm.
- 2 -1/2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 cup cold butter, cubed
- 1/3 cup ice water
- 1 and 1/2 quarts huckleberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 7 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tsp. fresh lemon juice