The ultimate summer pie: This mixed-berry pie combines blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and blueberries, baked into a golden flaky crust with a cookie-crumble topping.

Once the crust is sufficiently blind baked, take out the weights and liner. Depending on whether your pie has a no-bake filling or not, you can further bake the crust to brown the interior.

1. Pick a grain, any grain. Just about any cooked grain can be used in this recipe. Some of my favorites include rice (white, brown, and wild), quinoa, bulgur, and millet.

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For fall, add cooked pie crust to a pumpkin-ginger harvest trifle from our Thanksgiving desserts collection. Chances are that anyone who eats this will wonder what your secret ingredient is.