{"id":189,"date":"2016-04-29T15:01:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T15:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexanders-blueberries.appspot.com\/?p=189"},"modified":"2016-04-29T15:01:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T15:01:32","slug":"denises-blueberry-pie-fresh-or-frozen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/denises-blueberry-pie-fresh-or-frozen\/","title":{"rendered":"Denise\u2019s Wild Blueberry Pie (Fresh or Frozen)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are two keys to this wild blueberry pie recipe: 1) how you layer the ingredients in the pie plate, and 2) <a href=\"\/order-wild-maine-blueberries\/\">Alexanders blueberries<\/a>. \u00a0Yes, we are biased, but truly the blueberries from our fields are better. We can&#8217;t take credit for it, we simply farm what naturally grows here. \u00a0But we can warn you &#8211; this pie will not be &#8220;Oh-So-Good!!&#8221; without them.<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 to 4 \u00bd c. blueberries, fresh or frozen<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 c. flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 to 1\/2 c. sugar (to taste)<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp. cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1-2 Tbsp. lemon juice (bottled works fine)<\/li>\n<li>2 Tbsp. butter (margarine can be substituted, but you\u2019ll miss the flavor)<\/li>\n<li>Two-crust pie shell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a pie crust-lined 9\u201d pie plate add:<\/p>\n<p>4 to 4 \u00bd cups fresh or frozen blueberries (be certain to keep the level just slightly below the rim of the pie plate to prevent the filling from overflowing in the oven)<\/p>\n<p>Sprinkle 1\/3 c. flour over the berries; roll your hand over the floured berries until the flour has settled and sifted through. This coats the berries and prevents the sugar from sticking and clumping.<\/p>\n<p>Over the berries,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sprinkle 1\/3 to \u00bd c. sugar (to taste)<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle 1 tsp. cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle 1-2 Tbsp. lemon juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cut 2 Tbsp. butter into thin pats and layer over the top<\/p>\n<p>Cover with pie crust, crimp the edges, cut slits in the crust, and line the edges in tinfoil<\/p>\n<p>Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, just in case some of that delicious juice tries to make its way out and onto your oven floor.<\/p>\n<p>Bake at 425\u00b0 for 35 minutes for fresh berries, 45-50 minutes for frozen.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the tinfoil edging 5-10 minutes before removing the pie from the oven.<\/p>\n<p>Important: Remove the pie as soon as the filling begins to bubble in the slits.<\/p>\n<p>Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, and your family will be asking you to make this often.<\/p>\n<p>Need wild \u00a0blueberries? \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexandersblueberries.com\/order-wild-maine-blueberries\/\">Buy Better Blueberries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two keys to this wild blueberry pie recipe: 1) how you layer the ingredients in the pie plate, and 2) Alexanders blueberries. \u00a0Yes, we are biased, but truly the blueberries from our fields are better. We can&#8217;t take credit for it, we simply farm what naturally grows here. \u00a0But we can warn you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blueberry-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wildblueberries.me\/alexanders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}