Triple Berry Pie in a jar....

In the Northwest the wild blackberry's are coming on, their sweet smell fills the air on hot summer days. If you don't mind a few thorn scratches, you can pick your fill! When I was a youngster we used to fill buckets of them. Or should I say we used to try to fill buckets. We ate more than we picked. We would find huckleberries, salmon berries and black caps. I love the smell in the woods of pine needles and blackberries combined...

this is the patch behind my property, every year I cut them back away from the fence, letting a few branches hang over for easy picking.

            they are so sweet and good!!!  So fun to go out and pick a few for your morning cereal.

I bought my berries at Sterino Farm Store. It is just down the hill from my house and most of everything they sell either is grown by them or another farmer in the Puyallup Valley.

They sell these neat little combo packs of berries. Cool huh? I am going to make pie in a jar. I have seen this on the internet many times. I think Pioneer woman did it the first time I saw it. I love the idea...

I made your standard pie filling. I used a cup each of all three berries and added a half a cup of sugar, 3 tablespoons of cornstarch, a sprinkle of cinnamon and a squeeze of lemon...

stir it up ...

Distribute evenly  in four jars...I used pint jars, half pints would be plenty big for this though...These were very generous servings.

For the topping I made a standard crumble...1/2 cup of softened butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar. 1/2 cup of flour and 1/2 cup of rolled oats and another sprinkle of cinnamon...

Change to a bigger bowl, I do that a lot don't I? Mix with your pastry bender or a fork until crumbly..

Generously place on top of the berries...You will not want to go too high with the mix..leave room for the berries to bubble without going over the edge of the jar...

Place in a 375 degree oven and cook for 35 minutes....

Finished!! Heavenly smells! This same procedure would be great for apple or peaches too...or pear raspberry....Hmmmm I love pear raspberry...

and if you leave room at the top band of the jar, there is plenty of room for a huge scoop of ice cream!

You also can put the lids on the jars and they are ready to pack for your picnic!!!

Cheers to Happy!!!