Ok, so you ladies are all well aware of my blueberry obsession, or as Joel calls it LOBO (late onset blueberry obsession.) After enjoying the wonderful berries we bought at Sam's in PA, I bought some at the Sam's here and was sadly disappointed in the color, texture, taste, etc. Since they really weren't very good to eat plain, I decided to use them for cooking. Wednesdays are the days my grandma usually comes over to spend the day with me, and we often cook/bake together. One of her specialties is the cream pie, so today we improvised and made a blueberry cream pie, which got rave reviews from the gang here. (Disclaimer: some of the children may have inherited my malaise: they seem to love anything blueberry, so the pie really may not be that good.)
Cream Pie Filling
1/4 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons corn starch
1 teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks--beaten
3 cups milk--whole works best but you can use reduced fat
2 tablespoons butter
Mix first five ingredients together. Add egg yolks and stir to make a paste. Add milk while stirring. Cook over medium heat until filling boils. Add butter and vanilla--to taste.
To this basic recipe we added about 1 1/2 cups blueberries while the pudding was still hot.
You can also add raisins, cocoa, bananas, coconut, or pineapples for other variations.
Pour filling into baked pie crust.
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Shelley,
What sort of pie crust should one use? A regular, easy-breezy pie crust?
And, we called your house this morning--Caleb has been talking about Noah for a few days now, and when he picks up anything resembling a phone, he'll say, "Hi Noah!" :)
Kak,
Sorry we missed your call. The boys were at the dentist. We'd love to talk to Caleb! How cute that he's still talking about Noah.
I generally make a basic pie crust, but last night I just used a store bought graham cracker crust that I had on hand--very easy.
PS we're going to be in Springfield July 23, 24, 25... We'd LOVE to see you guys. :)
Shelley, this looks very good! I really like cream pies, and I like blueberries. Looks like a good combo! I have bought blueberries from Costco for a while and I think the flavor is good there...hopefully you just got a bad batch...we can hope, at least.
sounds tasty! How lovely thee gets to spend a day a week with thy grandmother! (I'm only slightly jealous...:-))
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