Here's the recipe for the first-place pie in this year's Bluffton's Relay for Life pie baking contest held in mid-June.
Marj Rettig’s Chocolate Pecan Pie
1 unbaked 9-inch deep-dish pie pastry
1 ½ cups chopped pecans
1 cup (6 oz.) semisweet chocolate morsels
1 cup dark corn syrup
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
¼ cup water
4 large eggs
¼ cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons cornmeal
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon table salt
Katie Hohenbrink’s Red, White and Blueberry Pie
This pie was second place at the Bluffton Relay for Pie pie-baking contest.
1 prebaked pie crust
Fruit filling:
1 ½ cups sugar
1 ½ cups water
¼ cup plus 1 ½ teaspoons cornstarch
4 Tablespoons plus 1 ½ teaspoons strawberry gelatin
1 pint fresh blueberries
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 pint fresh strawberries
