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Blueberry Turnovers from Me, Myself, and Pie: Amish Recipes by Sherry Gore

Mmm! Make these tasty fruit turnovers for a nostalgic treat that is sure to take center stage wherever they appear. Be prepared to double the recipe for seconds. These boisterous, tart, juicy pies summon standing ovations everywhere. Bravo!

—Me, Myself and Pie (pg. 205)

BLUEBERRY TURNOVERS

FOR THE CRUST
1 double recipe pastry pie crust

INGREDIENTS
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
1 cup water
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cornstarch
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon almond extract

FOR THE FILLING:
In a saucepan, gently cook blueberries in 1 cup water over low heat for a few minutes. Mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt together in a bowl, add to blueberry mixture and cook until thickened. Add lemon juice, vanilla and almond extract. Let cool.

TO ASSEMBLE:
Roll pastry out to even thickness and cut out 8-inch circles. Place several tablespoons of pie filling on one side of each turnover. Fold over and pinch edges closed. Crimp with fork. Place pies on a parchment-paper lined baking sheet. Bake at 450°F for 10 minutes. Turn temperature down to 350° and continue baking for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown.

About The Book

Me, Myself, and Pie is a delicious look at the scrumptious and wholesome pies that are beloved by the Amish community--as well as everyone else who is lucky enough to come across one of these tasty treats! Author Sherry Gore takes you on a culinary journey around Amish communities, highlighting pies that are unique to Amish culture, such as dutch Peaches and Cream Pie, Bob Andy Pie, and Peanut Butter Cream Pie. Sherry also covers all of the latest trends in pie-making form the perennial favorite Whoopie Pies to the modern twist of Pie Pops, to the adorable and easy to make Pies-in-a-Jar.

Interwoven with delicious recipes straight from Sherry's kitchen are stories about her life in the Amish community of Pinecraft, Florida, and her trip to the epicenter of Amish pie, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in search of the secret to pie perfection. Learn about Sherry's dedication to her love of pie and her path to professional pie judge, all told with her trademark wit and wisdom.

Filled with practical advice to help you create the perfect flaky crust and mouthwatering filling every time, this book provides you with the know-how to bake pies you would be proud to serve and delighted to eat!

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I love me some pie! In fact one of my favorite flavors is Strawberry Rhubarb. In Janet Chester Bly's newest book Wind in the Wires Pearl Cahill makes a delicous sounding Rhubarb Apple pie. I'm thinking I'm going to have to give it a try. If you'd like to give it a try too here's the recipe:

Pearl Cahill’s Rhubarb Apple Pie
Janet Chester Bly

Servings: 8 from 9” pie

Ingredients:

4 cups sliced fresh or frozen rhubarb
1 cup peeled and chopped sweet apples
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 2/3 cups sugar or packed brown sugar or 1/2 cup honey
3/4 tsp. orange zest
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 dash ground nutmeg
1 dash ground cinnamon
1 Tbsp. butter
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1 pastry for double-crust 9” pie (from your own or your grandmother’s favorite recipe)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven 400° F.
2. For the filling: in large saucepan combine rhubarb, apple, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter and nuts.
3. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens. Remove from heat.
4. Add butter. Cool.
5. Prepare pastry shell for double crust pie. On lightly floured surface, roll 1/2 dough from center out to form 12” circle. Place in 9” pie dish. Trim to 1/2” beyond pie dish edge.
6. Pile filling into shell.
7. Roll remaining dough and form into 12” circle. Lay over filling. Press ends into crust edge. Fold bottom over. Crimp edges together.
8. Egg wash on top: 1 egg and 1 Tbsp. water. Brush top of crust. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
9. To prevent edges from burning, cover with 1” strips of foil.
10. Place on baking sheet.
11. Bake 25 minutes. Remove foil. Bake additional 25 minutes until center is bubbly and crust golden.
12. Cool on rack.

About The Book

Wind in the Wires

CAN YOU HEAR THE WIND IN THE WIRES?

A cowgirl's search for love and family. An old man's quest to seek justice. An eerie story of lies and betrayal. Will the truth be too hard for either to bear?

It's 1991. Reba Cahill loves ranching with Grandma Pearl in north central Idaho. But there's a lot of work and only two of them. Can she find a man worthy of her attentions and strong enough to help her run the ranch? She finds few prospects in the small town of Road's End.

But Reba is also missing something else: her mother. Deserted by her at three-years-old and never knowing her dad, she feels a sense of longing and loss. And bitterness.

When elderly, quirky Road's End citizen Maidie Fortress dies, Uncle Seth presents Reba Cahill with an expensive piece of jewelry that turns Reba's world upside down. she is thrust into a journey with Seth that exposes dark family secrets and two cold case murders.

The evidence leads her down unexpected paths and towards unsuspected admirers. Will the truth also ruin all hope for romance?

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