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Classic Blueberry Pie

Prep25 min
Cook55 min
Total1 hr 20 min + cooling
YieldOne 9-inch pie · serves 8
DifficultyMedium

Ingredients

  • 2 (9-inch)pie crusts, chilled (homemade or store-bought)
  • 6 cupsfresh blueberries≈ 594 median blueberries
  • 3/4 cupgranulated sugar
  • 1/4 cupcornstarch
  • 1 tbsplemon juice
  • 1 tsplemon zest
  • 1/4 tspground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tspfine salt
  • 2 tbspunsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1egg, beaten (for wash)
  • 1 tbspcoarse sugar (for topping)

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F (205°C). Place a rack in the lower third and put a foil-lined baking sheet on it.
  2. Roll out one pie crust and fit it into a 9-inch pie dish. Refrigerate while making the filling.
  3. In a large bowl, toss blueberries with sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, lemon zest, cinnamon, and salt until evenly coated.
  4. Pour the filling into the chilled crust and mound it slightly in the center. Dot the top with butter pieces.
  5. Roll out the second crust. Either place it whole over the pie and cut 4–5 steam vents, or cut into strips and weave a lattice. Crimp the edges.
  6. Brush the top crust with beaten egg and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
  7. Bake for 20 minutes at 400°F, then reduce heat to 375°F (190°C) and bake another 35–45 minutes, until the filling is bubbling thickly in the center and the crust is deep golden.
  8. Cool on a wire rack for at least 3 hours — this is not optional. The filling needs time to set or it will run.

Notes

  • Frozen blueberries work — do not thaw, and add an extra tablespoon of cornstarch.
  • If the crust edges brown too fast, cover them with foil strips or a pie shield.
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A 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberriesA 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberries