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7/5/13

Heavenly Blueberry Pie with crumb topping ~ Easy as PIE!

Blueberry Pie.  



I never knew the beauty of blueberry pie until a few years ago.

You see we live in blueberry country.  

There's a place called Gingerich Farms right down the road from us and they have a Blueberry Blowout Event each year (July 19th & 20th this year) where they sell their delicious, locally grown, freshly picked blueberries to the public at wholesale prices.  Ever since the first year we discovered them we've been going back and buying flat after flat of fresh blueberries for freezing.  That way we can use them throughout the year without paying those crazy supermarket prices for fresh or frozen berries.  These frozen blueberries go great in cereal, yogurt, fruit smoothies, and of course PIES.  

Now I've never been a big pie eater (except at Thanksgiving) but the first year we went to the blueberry festival we also purchased a pie made by Gingerich Farms employees and, boy, let me tell you IT WAS FLIPPING GOOD!

It was July and we'd been eating those fresh blueberries by the handfuls for days on end (they are so good!) so I wasn't expecting anything phenomenal from that pie.  We'd almost blueberrie'd ourselves out at that point.

I made homemade ice cream that day and we cooked the pie and served it up nice and warm after a BBQ, with a scoop of that creamy homemade vanilla ice cream on top....and I swear to you it got completely quiet as everyone experienced that first moment of warm, blueberry pie bliss.  

Talk about heaven!  


I vowed that day that I would learn how to make a crumb-topped blueberry pie that would make a small crowd go silent with it's irresistible gooey blueberry goodness!

Now I have to admit that I've learned many things since that first pie making experience.  Like how easy it can be to make your own pie crust.  My friend Julie (the Redhead) has a wonderful pie crust recipe that would work great with this pie: 


She said she would be happy to have us steal her EASY pie crust recipe.  You may want to nab the rest of her apple pie recipe at Redhead Can Decorate while you're there.  Man does it look good!

But if things are really just too crazy...you've got a house full of out-of-town guests and a BBQ to light up and homemade ice cream to churn and parades to attend...then you could even get away with using frozen pie crusts and just add the homemade blueberry filling and crumb topping.  It will still be unbelievably delicious (and I won't tell anybody you cheated.  That's one of my favorite cheats when I'm low on prep time too).  :)



Have a heavenly summer my friends!

Heavenly Blueberry Pie with Crumb Topping

Ingredients:
1 pie shell (homemade or store bought)
3 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 Tablespoons flour
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
pinch of salt (1/18 teaspoon)

Crumb Topping:
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 stick chilled butter cut into pieces

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Combine blueberries, sugar, flour, lemon juice, and salt in a bowl and pour into pie shell.

In another bowl combine crumb topping ingredients:  flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt, and cinnamon.  Cut chilled butter into small pieces and mix into other ingredients with your hands ~ working the butter into clumps.  Pour over pie shell with fruit filling.

Place pie on foil lined baking sheet and put in lower portion of oven.  Reduce heat to 350 and bake for 1 1/2 hours.  You may need to cover with a foil tent if topping is browning too quickly.  When fruit bubbles and crust is brown your pie is done.  Enjoy!





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18 comments :

  1. Ohhh ahhh, yes that does look sooo good - thank you for the recipe!

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    1. Thanks Heather! It's so good...hope you try it! It's blueberry season too ;)

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  2. Oh! I love blueberries. There is a you pick place near me that has the largest most juicy blueberries. I'm sure they would taste great in a blueberry pie.

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    1. Fresh from the farm berries are the best, Vanessa!

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  3. This looks great Sherry, thanks for the shout out!

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    1. Of Course Julie! I still can't believe that making a pie crust is that easy!!

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  4. This looks delicious! It should be fun to try. Just in time, too, since the blueberries are on sale here. Berry pies are one of my favorite things about summer. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  5. That pie looks fab! We love blueberries and I am always looking for new inspiration... This is going on "my List"

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  6. Sherry, this pie looks so delicious! My daughter is a blueberry fanatic and I might just have to make this for her. Thanks for sharing and pinning! Have a fabulous week!

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  7. Sounds heavenly, and makes me miss the days that my daughter and I used to go blueberry picking. She was just a pre-schooler at the time. We would freeze them and use the blueberries in pancakes, cobbler and to just eat.

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  8. Sherry this looks so yummy, Pinning!!

    xo, Tanya

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  9. I'm a blueberry person, too! Can't wait to make this, we have a few blueberries left over from last year - our bush didn't fair so well this early summer season. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
    JoAnn

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  10. Now it's your turn for the shout out :) Miss you, talk to you soon girl XO

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  11. This is an amazing pie. Baked it a few times and it's always a hit with friends and family. So simple, so delicious. Thank you for sharing.

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  12. This pie was wonderful ! Thank you so much for the recipe ! Im trying 2 more of your recipes this wekend ! Thank you ! thank you !

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  13. Has anyone used strawberries instead of blueberries? Just wondering if that would work.

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