Blueberry Crumble Pie

Hold onto your hats, friends.  I've got a big announcement.  As of late last night - I AM THE OFFICIAL OWNER OF TWO OVENS!!!  In case you couldn't tell - I'm crazy excited about doubling my oven capacity.  We've been planning for this moment for a long time and now that it's finally here, I have an overwhelming desire to fire them both up and see how many cookies I can bake at once.  🍪😂

Adding a second oven was one of the major driving factors that started our conversations about renovating the kitchen.  My previous kitchen was sufficient in many ways but it was definitely lacking in oven and pantry space. The problem is that things kind of snowballed from there into what became a total kitchen demolition and rebuild. 😬  

​One electric and one gas.  Two ovens - two different heat sources.  I haven't cooked in an electric oven for a really long time so I'm anxious to do some comparison baking.  How's that for an excuse to bake more pie?🥧 Thank goodness Thanksgiving is right around the corner because I'm going to need some more mouths and stomachs to keep up with all this baking that I have planned.  🤣

Do you know what happens when your new oven gets installed and hooked up at 10:00 at night?  You go to bed and dream about all the things you want to bake in your new appliance.  🤣  Should there be some significance to the first food baked in a new oven?  Can I make something great without counters or a sink?  What if the very first thing that I put in the oven, makes a mess?  I can seriously overthink things in my sleep.  😂😴  

As of this moment - I haven't baked anything - I'm still trying to figure out how to operate this new appliance that is clearly, way smarter than me. 🤓 😅 Did you know that you can actually scan a food from the grocery store into an app and my oven will automatically cook it to perfection.  WHAT?!  Maybe by the time I figure out how to use this fancy machine, I'll have water and a sink in my kitchen.  😂

Pies are a Thanksgiving staple and you better believe that they will be one of the first things that goes into my new oven.  I love fruit pies and this blueberry pie is no exception.  Even though we're nearing the end of summer, I've still been able to find decent blueberries in the grocery store.  If you see happen to see some great looking berries on your next supermarket trip - pick up about 6 cups for a blueberry crumble pie.  Enjoy it now or freeze it or Thanksgiving --- or make two.  🤷🏻‍♀️

Blueberry Crumble Pie
single pie crust 
5 and 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 Tablespoon cornstarch
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons lemon zest

Crumble Topping
1/2 cup brown sugar
6 Tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
6 Tablespoons butter
2/3 cup old-fashioned oats

Combine blueberries, sugar, flour, cornstarch, lemon juice and lemon zest.  Refrigerate. 

Roll out pie dough and place into a 9" pie plate.  

Transfer filling to crust and discard any juices. Crimp edges of crust.  Refrigerate.

Combine brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in food processor for crumble.

Cut in butter.  

Stir in oats.  

Sprinkle over pie.

Bake 25 minutes at 400.  Reduce heat to 375 and bake 30-35 minutes longer.  Cover with foil if browning too quickly. 

Cool at least 3 hours before slicing. 

A slice of blueberry crumble pie might just be the perfect way to initiate my new oven. 😉

​Ciao!

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