----DOUGH FROM OFFICIAL GRANNIE----
1 3/4 c  Unsifted all-purpose flour
2/3 c  Vegetable shortening
1 c  Sugar
Dash salt
1/2 ts Salt
1/3 c  Cold water

-FILLING –
4 c Washed fresh blackberries
1/4 c All-purpose flour
1/2 c Butter; or more

SYRUP
1 c Simple Syrup; seenote
1 c Crushed berries

-TOPPING –
1 c Unwhipped cream
-from neighbors cow if poss

Sift together flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in shortening with a
pastry blender until mixture resembles large coarse crumbs. Sprinkle water
over flour mixture, using a fork to stir it in gently to make it gather
into a ball (the less water the better ~ just enough to hold it together).
Turn out onto a lightly floured board and shape with your hands into two
balls, one slightly larger than the other. Chill dough for 1 hour, then
roll out ball to a 8″ or 9″ circle.
Now, mix sugar, butter and all-purpose flour in a separate bowl, then add
a dash of salt and stir in berries.
Mix some of the “crushed berries” into the simple syrup.
Mound about a cup of the berry mixture onto the circle of dough, fold over
the edges to enclose the filling.
Repeat until all dough and berries are used.
Preheat oven to 350f degrees.
The enclosed bundles of berries are placed in a 9×13 baking pan. Over this
a syrup is poured to the depth of the first knuckle of my grandmothers
index finger (maybe about one inch). Im guessing it was a simple sugar
syrup, but maybe with the addition of some smashed blackberries. All of
this was cooked in a 350 degree oven until it looked REALLY good–brown and
bubbly–with the whole house smelling heavenly. Seenote; Simple Syrup 2 1/2
cups sugar
3/4 cups light corn syrup 1 1/4 cups water Combine all ingredients
in a large saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar is completely
dissolved. When clear, wash down sides of pan with a brush dipped in cold
water. Cover saucepan for 5 minutes to allow steam to dissolve any
remaining sugar crystals. Uncover and increase the heat. Boil without
stirring for 5 minutes. cool, pour into jars, and cover tightly. Store at
room temperature. Makes about 2 3/4 cups.