Oven-baked frozen blueberry pie

Country kitchen

Frozen berries are a great way to preserve them. They can be used in baked goods, various compotes, fillings... And preserving raspberries, blueberries, currants, and other "small" berries is convenient: there's no need to chop them or otherwise process them. But when it's time to take those berry stashes out of the freezer, a real gastronomic feast begins! You can bake a frozen blueberry pie in the oven in no time. It will delight you with its delicious berry flavor and fluffy crust, and this step-by-step recipe with photos will help you bake it.

Ingredients:

butter – 200 g;
chicken eggs – 4 pcs.;
sugar – 1 tbsp.;
flour – 1 cup;
baking powder – 1 heaped teaspoon;
frozen blueberries – 1 cup;
salt – 1 pinch

You will also need some butter and flour to coat the baking dish.

How to bake blueberry pie

Before making the dough, prepare the butter: remove it from the refrigerator and let it sit in a warm place for at least half an hour. This will soften the butter and make it more tender and pliable—exactly what you need for the most delicious dough. Transfer the softened butter to a large bowl (the one you'll be using to mix the dough), add the sugar, and mix with a fork or whisk until smooth.

Don't swap the fork for a spoon just yet; you'll need it later when you add the eggs. So, crack one egg into the butter mixture and use a fork to mix it into a smooth mixture.

Add the remaining eggs one by one and mix the mixture with a fork until smooth.

Salt the mixture and add flour.

Immediately stir the baking powder into the unmixed flour and add the frozen berries. Don't defrost the blueberries first, as they'll become soft and crumble when mixed in.

Therefore, add frozen berries to the dough and immediately knead the dough with a spoon. A clever trick to use at this stage is to add the berries directly to the flour mound, simultaneously dusting them with flour as you knead. This will prevent the berries from sinking to the bottom of the pie during baking, but instead ensure they're evenly distributed throughout the dough.

Grease a rimmed baking pan with a knob of butter, coating both the bottom and the edges. Then dust the pan with a little flour, shaking off any excess.

grease the pan with butter and sprinkle with flour

Transfer the prepared batter with frozen blueberries to a baking dish and smooth it out with a spoon. When uncooked, this batter is thick but not runny.

In the oven, the heat will first liquefy it (the butter will completely melt) and then set. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) and place the pan with the dough in it. Bake the pie for half an hour. If the topping is golden brown and has tanned to a beautiful bronze color, the pie is ready!

You're sure to love this frozen blueberry pie! It's delicious and flavorful, and it's easy to make with simple ingredients. Enjoy!