![]() ![]() Aim for about 1/8″ thickness, and lay the bottom crust into a lightly greased pie dish. Once the dough is chilled, roll it out between two pieces of parchment or on marble, whatever you have – I like parchment for easy removal. Toss blueberries, lemon juice, coconut sugar and flour in a large bowl. While the dough is chilling, put together the filling. Divide it into two even pieces, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 10 minutes and up to an hour. Once it will stick together, you’re good to go. Make a well in the center of the dough and add in the ice water one tablespoon at a time – mix as little as possible when incorporating the water to avoid overworking the dough. Cut in shortening and butter either with your fingers or a pastry cutter until a coarse mixture forms and the butter chunks are the size of peas. ![]() To make the crust: in a large bowl, whisk together pastry flour, coconut sugar, salt, baking powder, and lemon zest. 4 c wild blueberries, or enough to heapingly fill your pie plate (frozen is fine)įor finishing: 1-2 tbsp butter, 1 egg for egg wash.1/3 c butter (mine was salted), cut into chunks.Crust recipe lightly adapted from Carolyn McCuaig (thanks Carolyn, if you’re reading this!) Crust recipe yields a double crusted pie, enough for a Death Star of your own making if you so choose. Refined sugar free and whole wheat! Naturally sweetened with coconut sugar. Wild Blueberry Pie with Whole Wheat Dark Side Crust ![]() Because often the simplest things in life are the most enjoyable, especially leftover pie for breakfast in good company! Nothing better. More to come, that’s for sure.īut for now, pie. the first skiing of the season! Wheeeee!!! And what great skiing it was. In other news, another drawing for the series!Īnndddd…. Thank goodness pie is so delicious – it makes all the potential crust shenanigans worthwhile. I think I’m finally at that point - this one felt great! I am quite pleased with the way it came out both in looks and taste… the sci-fi nerd is strong in me ) I think the key with pie crust is not to let on that it makes you nervous! It can probably sense that, ha! Maybe with its pie crust force powers… But pie is also a fairly forgiving food, and will love you endlessly if you learn to make it with the confidence it deserves. Pie crust used to intimidate me, which is pretty stupid given that it’s basically just flour and water and butter… yet I think sometimes the simplest things end up being the trickiest (in life and in baking!). Especially when it resembles… the Death Star! Because why have plain pie when you could show off your nerdiness to the world? I almost didn’t want to eat this… but I did. ![]()
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