MORTGAGE at a BANK you can TRUST Get your BLUEBERRY CRUMB TOPPED PIE I once read a berry recipe that used tapioca as a thickener and I've been a believer ever since. Make this pie with mixed berries or cheerier for variety. Pie Crust (makes 1 bottom pie crust): 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted, butter cut into pieces 1/4 t. salt 2-3 T. ice-water Filling: 1 cup sugar 3 T. cornstarch 2 T. quick-cooking tapioca 1/4 teaspoon salt 8 cups blueberries Crumb Topping: 5 T. flour 2 T. oats (any kind) 5 T. butter, softened 1/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans 2 T. sugar 1 t. ground cinnamon Make crust: combine flour, butter, and salt in a food processor and pulse to combine (or place in a medium bowl and break up the butter into the flour with your fingers or a pastry blender). Note that the butter will still include tiny pieces in the flour mixture. With the motor running, add water, a drop at a time until a crumbly dough is formed (the dough should not be smooth). (Or add water a bit at a time to the bowl and stir with a fork or your fingers until a crumbly dough is formed.) You may not need all the water. Remove the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead for about 30 seconds. Form into a ball, flatten slightly and wrap in plastic wrap for 1 hour. Make crumb topping: Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and stir well to break up the butter into the mixture. Set aside. Preheat oven to 400F. Roll out dough on floured surface to 13-inches round. Transfer to 9-inch glass pie plate. Fold edge under and crimp the edges. Chill while you make the fill- ing. Make filling: Place sugar, cornstarch, tapioca, and salt in a large bowl and whisk to combine. Add blueberries and toss well. Transfer the filling to the pie shell Bake pie on hot baking sheet in middle of oven 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350F and continue to bake for 20 minutes. Sprinkle the crumb topping over and bake for 25 minutes more until the topping is golden. Cool completely before cutting into wedges and serv- ing. Makes 8 10 servings. ❑ WE OFFER Conventional and Jumbo ADJUSTABLE and FIXED RATE MORTGAGES MORTGAGE DIRECT We are available in the branch or we will come to your home! 866-500-0018 ales F st Approval Great STOP BY OR CALL US Claws o n 248-435-2840 Dearborn 313-274-3030 Grosse Pointe Woods 313-882-2880 Livonia 734-462-4106 Rochester 248-656-5760 Roseville 586-294-2950 Sterling, Sterling Heights 586-268-5200 Southfield 248-948-8799 Waterford 248-674-4901 West Bloomfield 248-855-6644 bank &trust sterlingbank.coin "We Create Solutions;'® Sterling Bank & Trust • Southfield, Michigan eak fie lian e 0 Fine French Pastries 0 Sweet Tables 0 Fresh Croissants -- baked daily 0 Wedding Cakes 0 Ice Cream Smoothies 0 Fresh Squeezed Juice Bar otzret,s RsI lopt-0,-; postry Mae trained at the Academie de Versailles, France patissier, glacier, chocolatier & confiseur - 248.355.0430 8/29 Applegate Square • 29681 (kortftwestern (HighwaT • Soutilici 750350 2003 73