Blueberry Pie So Easy Your Kids Can Make It Themselves
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It was the first Monday with no school and no camp, and my daughter Virginia had "nothing to do." Until a friend called up and invited her to go blueberry picking at a nearby farm. She came home tired and happy, with a bucketful of blueberries on her arm, saying, "Let's make a pie!"
So we did. It was good. There are few things better than the smell of blueberry pie wafting through the house -- fruity, cinnamony, doughy. We made one for us, and one for the blueberry trip friends.
Photo: Amy Suardi/Frugal Mama
We have been using this recipe for years; it is so simple that my daughters, who are now 10 and 8, made it by themselves.
Blueberry Pie
adapted from Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything
We take a shortcut and use those unroll-and-bake pie crusts you find in the grocery store dairy section. However, Suz Lipman of Slow Family Online can show you how to make pie crust from scratch.
- 5 cups blueberries (about 2 1/2 pints)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- pinch of ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
- 2 pie crusts
- 2 tablespoons butter, cut into bits
Photo: Amy Suardi/Frugal Mama
- Toss the blueberries with all the other ingredients, except for the milk and butter (or the pie crusts, says Virginia).
- Pile berry mixture into the rolled-out shell, letting it mound up in the center. Dot the berries with bits of butter.
- Lay over the top crust and fold the edges under the bottom crust. Seal them together by pressing the edges with the tines of a fork.
- With a sharp knife, cut steam holes into the top crust. So that it browns nicely, brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake at 450 degrees F for 10 minutes. Lower the temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for another 45 minutes until golden.
Photo: Amy Suardi/Frugal Mama
Blueberries are in season in much of the U.S. right now, and a pie is a great way to celebrate summer. Bring one to a new friend, to a 4th of July party, or to a family who has just moved to the neighborhood. Make the world a better place, one pie at a time.
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