Prep for picnics includes pie

ENJOY YOUR SUMMER VACATION and a well-packed picnic with these delicious pies. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO
ENJOY YOUR SUMMER VACATION and a well-packed picnic with these delicious pies. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

Summer is synonymous with picnics and car trips, or packing a lunch to take to the lake.

Cherry Hand Pies are perfectly portable and oh so good for an all-American picnic. The flaky crust and sweet-tart cherries hit the spot.

Pack the prepared foods and other picnic items in a cooler or a picnic basket equipped with blue ice blocks if you’ll be out and about for longer than an hour or two before you…