blueberry pie

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Pie. I love pie. I made this blueberry pie for my mother in law, http://keyingredient.com/recipes/100600/blueberry-pie/ It's the recipe from the TV show by the Cook's Illustrated people. I didn't make the crust as specified, because it's really hard to buy just a 1/2 cup of vodka and my MIL doesn't like having alcohol in the house. I used three bags of the wild Oregon frozen blueberries from Trader Joe's and added a little nutmeg. I think a little ginger might have been better, but the spice wasn't very noticeable against the explosion of blueberry.

Last Thanksgiving I made a cherry pie (also with apple for thickener) lightly spiced with cinnamon/ginger/nutmeg/cloves. It was really good. I may add an apple to all my fruit pies in the future.

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it's really hard to buy just a 1/2 cup of vodka

For future reference (and if available), BevMo usually has a good selection of "airplane-size" products. A 50 mL bottle is a little less than a quarter cup. Not at all cost-effective, but perhaps practical.

Liz's cherry pie

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Cherry pie
2 cans pie cherries (Oregon is the most common brand)
Juice from 1 of the cans of cherries
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract OR 1 tsp orange zest
Pie crusts take flour, butter, Crisco, salt, egg and vinegar.