In a medium saucepan, combine 2 cups of blueberries, granulated sugar, cornstarch, water, and lemon juice.I hope you love this recipe, darlings! And I hope that no matter when you make it, it brings a little taste of summer to your home. The enjoyment experience is just as important as the way the recipe looks at tastes, especially for treats! We always want to think about details like this when composing our recipes. It doesn’t squash your pie flat when you dig your fork in though. While apple pies and bars can support a super-crunchy topping, berries just don’t have the same structure.Ī simple, classic crumb topping with just butter, flour, sugar, and spices still provides crunch and coverage. This crumb topping is a bit simpler than the one I use in recipes like my brown butter peach crumble bars, but it provides a better balance. The blueberry flavor was not overpowered by the sugar, but the pie was sweet enough to feel like a dessert. I found half a cup was perfect for this recipe. If using fresh in-season berries, or good frozen berries, you won’t need a lot of sugar. Between the natural pectin in the blueberries and the cornstarch, it’s easy to get the right filling structure in this pie. We activate that natural pectin with a splash of lemon juice. If you don’t have cornstarch, you may use flour, but the filling won’t be as clear.īlueberries are naturally high in pectin, which also helps with gelling. In this recipe, we use cornstarch as our thickener. Nobody wants a beautiful pie with a gummy texture.Ī mix of cooked blueberries and uncooked blueberries in the filling provides the best balance in structure and texture. Cooking the entire filling would give you the most firm filling, but that’s not the best for the final texture. To get a pie filling that will be firm enough to give you lovely clean cuts, you’ll need to cook part of the filling. We don’t pre-bake the pie crust in this recipe. Make your own, there’s a recipe linked to earlier in this post, buy one at the store and roll it into your 9-inch pie dish, or buy a pre-shaped unbaked crust out of the freezer section. You will need a single pie crust for the base of this pie. You’ll cook part of the berries down anyway, then the rest can be stirred in without thawing before baking. If you use frozen berries, you don’t need to thaw them. This is a pie recipe where the fruit flavor is made to really shine through, so flavorful blueberries = flavorful pie!Ī baked blueberry pie uses a lot of blueberries. I’ve found bags of frozen wild blueberries in my local grocery stores, with Trader Joe’s being the most consistent source. If you are using frozen berries, and happen to find some wild blueberries, pick some up! Wild blueberries are smaller, sweeter, and more flavorful than most of the larger berries found in stores. For the pie in these images, I used all fresh blueberries, but have made this pie using frozen. You may use fresh or frozen blueberries for this pie, or a mix of the two. If you’re new to pie baking and not up for making a lattice or other fancy crust, a crumb topping is your best alternative! What kind of blueberries should I use for the pie? We knew we wanted to make a blueberry pie with a baked filling, but when it was time to bake, I realized I only had one pie crust! Instead of making a second crust – I promised pie for dessert that day, after all – I made a crumb topping.Ĭrumb toppings on fruit pies are easy, look lovely, and add a little crunchy contrast to the baked fruit filling. “Blueberry pancakes, blueberry pie, blueberry scones, eat blueberries for breakfast, blueberry oatmeal…” she just kept going!Įven picking almost 4 pounds, it wasn’t enough for everything! I’m glad we prioritized this blueberry crumb pie, and once you try it, you will be too! My oldest kept talking about all the things we were going to make.
Of course, we tried all the classic Maine foods, including blueberries! We even had a chance to go blueberry picking, which was fun. My littles keep asking when we are going back. We got to adventure a little this summer, and it was glorious! Our little circus ventured up to Maine earlier this month, and it was so much fun. The best part about this recipe is the generous crunchy crumb topping!
For a true taste of summer, bake a blueberry crumb pie! This delicious blueberry pie recipe can be made with fresh or frozen berries.
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