happy weekend!

so, i thought i'd supplement my serious posts this week with a quick and amazingly delicious pie recipe. you know, for that superfun barbecue you are going to on monday. or perhaps you don't have any weekend plans, but just for yumminess sake you decide to bake. first, i should declare that before i ate this pie i was not gung ho rah rah rah about blueberry pie. i mean, nothing against it, i just probably would never order it in a restaurant or anything. and then, a few years ago, on a trip back to visit family and friends in philadelphia, i encountered this incredible pie. it is such a quick and easy recipe (you do most of it on the stove top in about ten minutes & then bake it for ten minutes more); with such delicious results; why not try it?

ingredients:

• 1 baked pie shell (follow directions on packaging if you use a pre-made frozen one, or use simple pie crust recipe & bake)
  
• 4 cups blueberries, divided (fresh or frozen)
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon butter

Put 2 cups blueberries into baked pie shell, reserving the others. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Cook remaining ingredients (2 reserved cups blueberries through water) on medium in saucepan on stove and heat until thick (do not get impatient and remove from heat while mixture is still watery; you will have a watery pie). Add tablespoon of butter and cool.

Pour cooled mixture over blueberries in piecrust.

Combine following ingredients either in food processor or by crumbling together with fingers to form crumb topping:

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, cut into chunks

Sprinkle crumbs evenly over blueberry mixture. Bake at 425 for ten minutes. Cool.

Hello, a mere ten minutes to the land of delicious? That's right, my friends; once your belly is full, feel free to leave your thank yous in the comment section.