Ingredients

  • 1 unbaked pie shell
  • Cheese Mixture
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup evaporated milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Fruit Mixture
  • 2 -3 cups huckleberries
  • 1/3 cup cold water
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon zest or 2 teaspoons dried lemon rind
  • 1/3 cup cold water
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • aluminum foil

Method

  • 3 inch wide strips of tinfoil around edges of crusts.Preheat oven 400* Prebake pie crust or pie crusts if you make two pies for 8 minutes.
  • Take out and cool.
  • Turn oven down to 375*.
  • In mixing bowl add cream cheese, beaten eggs.
  • 1 cup powdered sugar, evaporated milk.
  • 1 tsp vanilla. Mix low speed until blended.
  • In another mixing bowl, mix 2 1/2 cups huckleberries, sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest or dried rnd. Mix and set aside.
  • Mix 1/3 cup cold water and cornstarch together. Add to huckleberry mixture and mix well.
  • Note:.
  • Put 1/3 cup cold water and 1/2 cup huckleberries in blender and blend.
  • Add to huckleberry mixture. This is an optional step. If you don't want more juice just add in 1/2 cup huckberries and don't blend.
  • Add the fruit mixture into the cream cheese mixture. Mix or fold, your preference.
  • Spoon and pour into prebaked crust or crusts.
  • Bake 30-35 minutes. Then cool.