Blueberry Pie Recipe

Course Dessert

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword blueberry-pie, homemade-blueberry-pie-recipe

Servings servings

Calories 418kcal

Make the Pie Crust: Make one recipe of Flaky Pie Crust.
Make the Blueberry Pie Filling: In a medium size bowl, mix together blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, lemon zest, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Assemble: Heat oven to 425°F. Lightly spray a 9-inch deep dish pie pan with cooking spray.
Unwrap 1 pie crust disc. On a lightly floured surface, roll to roughly 12-inch circle. Fit crust into prepared pan pressing firmly onto bottom and sides, leaving 1 ½ inch overhang.
Pour blueberry filling evenly into bottom crust. Dot all over the top with cubed butter.
Roll out remaining crust on same lightly floured surface into roughly an 11-inch round. Use a pizza wheel to cut into 10-12 (½ inch) strips. Lay strips on top of blueberry filling according to length leaving even spacing between each strip.
Weave alternating strips into a lattice pattern on top of pie. Trim excess top dough around edge evenly. Fold remaining crust under and tuck.
Crimp the edge using the finger pinch method. Brush all over with heavy cream and sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
Cover edges of your pie with 2-3-inch strip of foil to prevent excessive browning.
Bake for 30-35 minutes then remove foil. Continue to bake for another 10-15 minutes or just until crust is golden brown. (There's no need to adjust the oven temperature.)
Cool in the pan on a wire rack at least 4 hours.
Slice and serve with vanilla ice cream.

Fruit - You could use this same recipe using other fresh berries like whole cherries or raspberries.
Sugar - Turbinado sugar (or sugar in the raw) is less likely to burn when sprinkled on top of baked goods and in this instance, to the top crust. It adds sparkle, shine and crunch to the top crust in this easy blueberry pie. To apply it, simply brushing the top lattice crust with heavy cream and a light sprinkle of turbinado sugar prior to baking.
Egg Wash - You can use a one large egg to make an egg wash for brushing the top crust in place of heavy cream.
Garnish Options - To add pizzazz to the look of your pie, you can also use small cookie cutters in various shapes to decorate the top crust.
Baking Sheet - You can place the pie pan onto a baking sheet to catch any juices that may overflow the pie.
Cool Prior to Slicing - Allow the pie ample time to cool prior to slicing to give the juices time to congeal just a bit. If you like it warm, you can cut it sooner, it's your call. I find it's best to cool it completely, then warm it ever so slightly for serving a la mode with vanilla ice cream.