3rd Place Fruit Category, Submitted by: Lindsay Martin
- 7/8 cup sugar
- 5 tbsp flour
- 1 ½ tbsp butter
- 4 cups of blackberries
Roll blackberries in flour and sugar, pour into pie crust and dot with butter
Bake at 425° for 20 minutes.
3rd Place Fruit Category, Submitted by: Lindsay Martin
Roll blackberries in flour and sugar, pour into pie crust and dot with butter
Bake at 425° for 20 minutes.
1st Place Youth Fruit, Submitted by: Lindsey Garrett
Wisk flour and salt, cut in butter, add ice water, mix into a ball, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Blend all ingredients, except butter, pour into unbaked pie shell, top with another pie crust or lattice top with another crust, brush butter on top of pie crust bake 45 min to an hour on 400°.
Below are recipes from the winners of the 1st Annual Easley Farmers Market Pie Baking Contest that was held on Saturday, July 3rd. Give these recipes a try over the holiday season.

The “Choose & Cut Christmas Trees” are $6.00 per foot up to 8 foot. They also have Fraser Fir tress kept in water.
Elves Tree Farm is located at 217 Berea Heights Road, Greenville, SC 29617.
Driving Directions: From Easley:
Take Hwy 123 to Greenville to White Horse Road Hwy 25, go North to Hwy 183 turn right on Hwy 183 to first road to the right. You will see the Farm.
Email Address: ElvesTreeFarm@bellsouth.net
Pour one can pie filling into unbaked crust
Cherry (add ¼ tsp almond flavoring
Blueberry or apple add 1 tsp cinnamon to crumb topping
Mix until smooth:
Pour over filling Mix together and sprinkle on top of pie:
Bake at 350 for 45 – 55 min.
Best served chilled.
Pastry for double pie crust
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line pie plate with bottom crust. In small bowl mix sugar and flour. Sprinkle with ¼ on bottom of crust. Mix rhubarb and berries and mound in crust. Dot butter on top of rhubarb mixture and pour remaining flour/sugar mixture on top. Place other crust on top and crimp edged together, vent.
Place on lowest rack in oven and back for 15 minutes. Lower oven temp to 350 degrees and finish baking in center of oven for 45 minutes until crust is golden and bubbly.
Remove from oven and let come to room temp before serving.
Crust:
Filling:
Mix together and pour in to pie tin.
Bake at 325 for 70 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In mixing bowl combine mashed sweet potatoes, 1 egg, molasses, milk, spices, and vanilla. Pour into pie shell. Spread pecans over potato filling. In another bowl mix together 3 eggs, sugars, and corn syrup. Pour over pecans, Bake for about 1 hour or until set. Remove from oven and cool on rack for approx. 1 hr.
Crust:
Mix flour and salt, cut in Crisco until resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in water, a tbsp at a time until mixture forms a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate a minimum of 4 hours
Filling:
Bring syrup, sugar, and salt to a boil over low heat, boil about 2 minutes stirring constantly. Pour slowly into beaten eggs, stirring constantly so eggs do not start cooking.
Add butter, vanilla and pecans. Pour into pastry lined pie plate. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
Crust:
Filling:
Mix all ingredients except berries and pour into pan. Bake for 55 minutes at 350
cool and top with berries, refrigerate.