m. c. de marco: The New Kitchen Cookbook

Blueberry Pie

blueberry pie

This is a mix of the Better Homes and Gardens Blueberry Pie recipe and the Joy of Cooking Berry or Cherry Pie with Frozen Fruit recipe. I found the optional spices online and snuck them into my latest pie.

Ingredients

  • 1 9" double-crust pie shell (uncooked)
  • 20 oz. frozen blueberries (about 6 c.)
  • 1 scant c. sugar
  • ¼ c. flour
  • ⅛ tsp. salt
  • 1 T. lemon juice
  • 2 T. butter or butter flavored Crisco
  • ⅛ tsp. cinnamon (optional)
  • ¼ tsp. nutmeg (optional)
  • ⅛ tsp. black pepper (optional)

Directions

  1. Defrost blueberries.
  2. Make and chill dough for crust.
  3. Mix non-crust ingredients.
  4. Preheat oven to 450°F.
  5. Roll out and fill crust.
  6. Bake 10 minutes at 450°, then bake 35–40 more minutes at 350°.
  7. Cool.