Sam's Place: blueberries

These fresh blueberry hand pies are a sure crowd-pleaser. A friend of ours came to visit last week and brought us a boatload of fresh blueberries.

I wanted to make something quick with these fresh blueberries so I decided on these hand pies. The first thing I did was make my pie crust.

Pie Crust Ingredients:

2-2/3 cups of all-purpose flour

1 cup Crisco (Chilled)

1/2 teaspoon salt

8 to 10 tablespoons ice water

In a medium mixing bowl, add the flour and salt
Cut the chilled Crisco into smaller pieces and add to the bowl. I used my KitchenAid Stand Mixer.
Using the dough hook turn the mixer at low speed.
Begin adding the ice water one tablespoon at a time.
Continue on low speed until a ball of dough forms. If you have to use more water that's okay.
Divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Wrap each with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes or more.

While the pie crust was in the refrigerator it was time to make the blueberry filling. This filling was so easy to make and can be used for pie filling also. I had some of the filling leftover and our grandson loved it on his waffles.

Blueberry Filling Ingredients:

4 cups of fresh blueberries (Divided)

3/4 cups sugar

3 tablespoons cornstarch

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup cold water

1 tablespoon butter

1 tablespoon lemon juice

In a medium saucepan, add the sugar, cornstarch, water, and salt.
Over medium heat stir until all is combined.
Add 3 cups of blueberries and continue to stir.
Bring this to a boil and cook for 2 to 3 minutes Until the filling thickens.
Remove from the heat and add 1 cup of blueberries, butter, and lemon juice.
Stir until all is combined and let the filling cool.

Now it's time to roll out the pie crust. I rolled the pie crust between two pieces of wax paper to about 1/8-inch thick. Use a cookie cutter to cut 4-inch circles. Place one tablespoon of the blueberry filling in the middle, fold it over and crimp the edges with a fork.

Next, press a fork in the middle of each hand pie to create venting. Place them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Before baking, beat two egg whites and brush over the top of each one. Then, sprinkle sugar over the top.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and bake on center rack for 20 to 25 minutes until they are golden brown.

These little treats a perfect for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or just an anytime snack.

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As always thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy it!

Friday morning Fran and Jamie had some errands to run. So, that left Bobby, Tyler and me the whole morning on a rainy day.

I made some scrambled eggs for Bobby and all Tyler wanted was chocolate milk. I remembered Fran telling me that we had some blueberries in the refrigerator that needed to be used.

Since it was raining out I thought the guys would like to help me make some blueberry muffins. Tyler was more interested in building things with his Tinker Toys so Bobby and I got to work on these quick easy blueberry muffins.

To make easy blueberry muffins from scratch you only need a few simple ingredients and of course fresh or frozen blueberries. Our blueberries were fresh and we had everything else we needed. The ingredients and instructions are below to make these quick and easy blueberry muffins.

First, we made the batter using my KitchenAid Stand Mixer. Then we folded in the fresh blueberries by hand using a spatula.

We sprayed a large muffin tin with Baker's Joy Non-Stick Spray and filled each one with 1/4 cup of the batter.

We mixed some light brown sugar with white sugar and sprinkled this on top. Then into the oven to bake for about 20 minutes at 375 degrees. We yielded 12 easy moist blueberry muffins from this recipe.

Here is what we used to make our blueberry muffins:

1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup white sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon honey
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup milk
1-1/2 cup fresh blueberries

Instructions:

Add the oil and sugar together and begin mixing on low speed.
Then add the eggs, vanilla, honey, baking powder, and salt. continue on low speed.
Add the milk and one cup of flour, continue mixing for about one minute.
Lastly, add the second cup of flour and continue on low speed until you have a nice batter.
Then fold in the blueberries by hand with a spatula.
Fill the muffins tins and sprinkle light brown sugar and sugar mixture over the tops.
Bake on center rack at 375 degrees for 20 minutes until golden brown.

These easy make blueberry muffins are perfect for breakfast or just a snack. I have to tell you that these didn't last long after they came out of the oven.

As alway thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy.