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Pies • A family favorite

2020 Cookbook

Fresh Blueberry Pie

Recipe by Meri Brown

Heat
400°F
Time
2 hr + chill
Makes
8

Serves 8

01

Ingredients

  • Crust
  • Filling
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 3 Tbsp. cornstarch
  • 2 tsp. sugar
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ½ cup oil
  • ¾ cup water
  • 2 Tbsp. orange juice
  • 4 cups fresh blueberries
  • 2 Tbs. butter
  • 1 ½ Tbsp. lemon juice

02

Method

  1. 01

    For crust: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a pie pan with PAM. Mix flour, salt, and sugar in bowl. Mix oil and orange juice together, then add to flour mixture and toss with fork to combine. Dump into pie pan and press with fingers to bottom and sides of pan, forming a crust. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until edges are golden brown. Cool. Fill with filling.

  2. 02

    For Filling: Mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt in heavy saucepan. Stir in water until sugar is dissolved. Add 1 cup fresh blueberries. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly, till blueberries pop and filling turns blue and thickens. Remove from heat, and stir in butter and lemon juice. Place plastic wrap touching surface to prevent skin forming while cooling. When cool, stir in 3 cups fresh blueberries. Pour into baked, cooled crust. Chill 2 hours. Top with whipped cream.