What a Fruit full Weekend

Good morning to all.  Todays topic, what to do with fresh fruit so it does not go bad, why make pies, desserts or jellies of course!!!  I received several pints of fresh blueberries from my local food bank, and my husband has been begging me to make him a homemade blueberry pie, so I spent all day Friday making pies, 3 of them to be exact!!!! My wonderful friend Lisa also received some blueberries, so I made one of the pies for her.  It is a very easy recipe, and Lisa doesn't really like blueberries, but said that she loved this pie.  So I decided to share the recipe and pictures along the way for you!

For the Blueberry Pie Filling you will need 5 cups of fresh or frozen blueberries (2 pints), 3/4 cup of sugar and 3 tbsp flour.

For the pie crust you will need 2 1/4 c of flour, 3/4 tsp salt, 2/3 c shortening and 8-10 tbsp of cold water.  (Or you can buy the pre-made pie crusts at the store)

I start out by going through my blueberries and pulling off any stems or any bad berries, I put them in a colander and rinse them, then let them sit and drain while I make the crust.

In a medium bowl mix flour and salt. Using a pastry blender cut in shortening until pieces are pea size. Sprinkle 1 tbsp of water over mixure and toss with fork, move moistened pastry to side of the bowl and then repeat until all of the flour mixture is moistened. Then divide in half and make 2 balls.

On lightly floured surfaceuse hands to slightly flatten one pastry ball, then use rolling pin and roll out from center to edges into a 12 inch circle. Wrap around the rolling pin and unroll unto a 9 inch pie plate with out stretching it, and then trim off any excess . Now put filling into the pie crust.

To make the filling mix sugar and flour in a bowl until well blended, then fold blueberries in mixture until well coated, then put into pie crust.

Then roll the second ball and either lay on top of filling, cut slits in pie crust and seal edges, or do lattice and cut into strips and cover filling. If desired, brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar.

Then take tin foil and tear out center and put over pie to ensure that the edges do not burn.

Now put in oven at 375 for 25 minutes, then remove foil from pie, bake for an additional 25-30 minutes until filling is bubbly. And then cool on wire rack. Enjoy plain or with some vanilla ice cream!!! 

Hope you all try this recipe and enjoy it!!! Let me know if you are interested in any other recipes and maybe I can make it and post it on a blog.

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