This year’s blackberry crop has been amazing! I’ve canned plenty of blackberry jam, put quarts and quarts in the freezer, given some away, baked cobblers and pies, and we’re still picking blackberries! Blackberry picking will always hold a special place in my heart. As a child, I would walk the railroad tracks in Menfro (our little hometown) and pick blackberries with my Grandma Bea. She loved picking blackberries. And she loved baking blackberry pies. Being a grandma myself now, I love picking blackberries and I love baking blackberry pie (of course, I love eating blackberry pie too!).  Perhaps those...

Yes, I’m guilty of buying frozen pie crusts, in the past. If I didn’t have a store-bought crust in the freezer, I didn’t bake a pie. What was I thinking?!?! I just assumed that making your own pie crusts had to be difficult. Then one day I decided to try the “Never Fail Pie Crust” recipe that I had copied out of a church cookbook years ago.  I was skeptical. (Seriously, you’re talking about a lady that had Jello fail). But much to my disbelief, my crust turned out perfect the very first time I tried the recipe! Beginner’s luck?...