Grandmother's Kitchen

Red Currant Pie

This red currant pie is easy to make and you could use any kind of berries that you had around.

Red Currant Pie

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 Tablespoons brown sugar

Filling

  • 6 cups red currants
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 3 tablespoons arrowroot powder
  • Serves 8 - 10

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400F.

Crust

  1. Mix together melted butter, flour, baking powder and sugar, until a dough has formed. Press into a 9 x 13 baking dish, and bake for 10 minutes.
  2. Reduce heat in oven to 350F.

Filling

  1. In a medium sized pot add currants, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and arrowroot. Cook over medium - low heat for 20 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour on top of baked crust.
  2. Bake for another 30 minutes. Let cool and serve.

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