• Desserts,  Pies

    Meri’s Berries (Mixed Berry Crumble)

    Is it a crumble or a crisp? A cobbler or a grunt? Or maybe a slump? Whatever the name, Meri’s Berries is a fruit pie without a traditional pie crust. It frees us from rolling, crimping, and the customary fretting about flakiness. And let’s face it…sometimes we just prefer more fruit and less pastry. With Meri’s Berries, you toss together a crumbly dough that bakes into a crisp cookie-like topping. Sugar and flour in the dough combine with the berry juice to turn it a bit syrupy. This syrup won’t get as thick as pie filling does, but then again there’s no crust to make soggy. Meri Cayem shared this recipe back when our…