Blueberry Pie

Total Time: 5 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• 4 cups blueberries (washed and picked over)
• 1 1/4 cups whole milk
• 2 egg yolks (beaten)
• 1/4 cup sugar, plus
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 5 tablespoons cornstarch (divided)
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons butter (divided)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
• 1 deep dish pie shell (baked and cooled)

Recipe

• 1 in 2-quart saucepan mix milk, yolks, 1/4 cup of sugar, and 2 tablespoons of corn starch.
• 2 cook over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens stirring constantly.
• 3 transfer to shallow dish and cover surface with plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours.
• 4 meanwhile in 3 quart-saucepan stir 1 cup of berries with 2/3 cup of sugar, 3 tablespoons corn starch and one cup of water.
• 5 heat to boiling over high heat.
• 6 cook 2 minutes to thicken stirring constantly.
• 7 remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and remaining butter.
• 8 cool slightly and fold in remaining berries.
• 9 spread chilled custard into pie shell.
• 10 top with berry mixture and refrigerate for 3 hours until set.