Fresh Raspberry Pie

This pie recipe is award winning...really...I really won a trophy for the pie...It was a pie contest in my sisters backyard, there were about 30 entries, maybe more, or maybe less...but there were real judges who took their job very seriously and I legally won! My trophy may have looked like a bowling trophy and might have had someone else's name on it but I won it fair and square...anyway this recipe works great with blackberries, blueberries or strawberries made the same way....this is not a recipe, it is a procedure.....very easy procedure, promise....

You start with enough berries to fill your pie pan, heaping, about 3 pints.....make your favorite pie crust recipe and set aside.....

take out a third and put in a saucepan with 1/4 cup of sugar and mash the berries a little, turn the burner on medium heat and cook until it juices some....

like this...

take 1 heaping tablespoon of cornstarch in a bowl with 1/2 cup of cold water and stir.....

put into the pan and continue cooking in pan until it boils and turns to a jam like consistency...

like this, you don't want to much of this just enough to act like glue and stick everything together...set aside for a minute......

put 1/2 cup of softened cream cheese in a bowl and...

 1/4 cup of sugar.....stir until will blended....

put in the bottom of your prepared pie crust...and...

spread around....this adds flavor and helps the crust from becoming soggy....

then put the remainder of the fresh berries into the cooked berries and gently fold together.....

put on top of the cream cheese mixture and ...

place in the fridge for a couple of hours until ready to put whip cream on top...

make your favorite whipped topping, I used real whip cream.....

Ta Da!!!

Trophy winning Raspberry Pie!!!!!

Cheers to Happy  !!