Blueberry Pie Bites
Little bites of delicious pie crust, each stuffed with a fresh blueberry and a little raw sugar. Blueberry Pie Bites are great when you want "just a bite"! They also make excellent ice cream topping!
I am on a hopeless, unstoppable summer fruit binge.
Yesterday I ran to the store for lemons, cilantro, and jalapenos. What I came out with was lemons, cilantro, jalapenos, peaches, apples, bananas, white nectarines, blueberries, and blackberries. I turned over 10 cartons of strawberries looking for one pint without bruised berries, but came up empty, so I had to pass. I bought red peppers instead. And some really pretty baby greens. It's like produce-palooza over here.
So I haul it all home and fill up the fridge, and then I have to figure out what to do with everything.
Mostly I just enjoy things as they are - raw fruit is THE BEST snack. But when my hoarding tendencies get the best of us, like when I bought a bushel of peaches that were quickly getting too ripe, I have to get creative. I mean, let's talk about a bushel.
Do you even know how much that is? Because I'll tell you - it's A LOT. Like take the amount of peaches or apples or tomatoes that you think is a lot and multiply it by 5. That's how much a bushel is.
I didn't buy a bushel of blueberries, but I was close.
For awhile now I've had pie on the brain - like I don't have one single traditional pie recipe on this blog.
Annnnd after today I still don't.
But!!! I'm willing to say that these pie bites are better than regular pie. Shhh. I still love regular pie, but LISTEN.
You can pop these pie bites like popcorn.
I am also a firm believer in pie + ice cream. I like a 1:1 ice cream to pie ratio. It's the only way. So with these pie bites you can dish up a bowl of ice cream, and then cover it in pie.
They are also really great for setting out on the table so every time you walk by you can grab a bite of pie.
Actually, that is kind of dangerous.
But I guess we are living on the edge here.
You only need 4 ingredients for these, which might make them slightly more dangerous. Pie crust + fresh blueberry + raw sugar + egg wash.
The End. And then you have pie.
And I have an excuse to hoard more fruit.
Blueberry Pie Bites
Blueberry Pie Bites are great when you want “just a bite”! They also make excellent ice cream topping! Little bites of delicious pie crust, each stuffed with a fresh blueberry and a little raw sugar.
Ingredients
Pie Bites
- 1 refrigerated pie crust
- about 45 blueberries
- ⅛ cup raw or turbinado sugar
- 1 egg + 1 teaspoon water (egg wash)
Special Equipment Required
- 1 ½" biscuit cutter
- pastry brush
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Use a pan with an edge so the pie bites don't roll away when you place them in the oven.
- Lightly flour a clean work surface and unroll the refrigerated pie crust.
- Use a 1 ½" biscuit cutter to cut all your little pie bite circles out of the refrigerated pie crust.
- Place 1 blueberry in the center of each circle. Sprinkle each one with a little sugar (you probably won't use all the sugar).
- Fold up two sides of one of the circles like a taco. The grab the adjacent sides and pinch the corners. This makes a little pocket for the blueberries. You can dip your fingers in egg wash to pinch the corners if you can't get them to stick.
- Brush each bite with the egg wash. Place each bite on the prepared baking sheet.
- Sprinkle with a little more sugar and bake for about 10 minutes.
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Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 0Cholesterol: 0mgSodium: 0mgCarbohydrates: 0gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gProtein: 0g
These were very easy for my grandkids to make. Everyone loved them and there was not a lot of sugar so my husband who is diabetic could have some too!
Great to hear, June!
Can U use coconut sugar instead of raw sugar
Probably will work just fine!
Hi! I read in the comments that someone was considering using frozen blueberries. Do you know if they had success? I’d like to do this as well, since I’ve got so many on hand. Thanks!
Could you use blackberries? One of my favorite berries to make a pie.
yes! Blackberries work!
These are wonderful, I was most successful using a 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter, putting the crust into mini muffin pans. I put 2-3 blueberries into each cup. Very easy, very tasty.
great tips, Cyndi! Thank you!
They look really good. I want to try making these, but can I use regular white sugar? Not sure what or where I can find the sugar you have listed.?
Hi Betsy! You will definitely want to use coarse sugar. Granulated (white) sugar would work, but it's MUCH harder to control how much you are using. Sort of like the difference between kosher salt and iodized table salt. You should be able to easily find several varieties of coarse sugar in the baking aisle.
If making ahead, would you recommend freezing before baking? Or would these keep in an airtight container?
either would work well!
Hi! This recipe is such a fun, creative idea and I was wondering if you thought it would work with apple pie filling instead of the fresh fruit/sugar?
Yup! I'd cut the apple pieces into the size you want to add to each bite though or it will be messy. In other words, dice your apples to be about the size of a blueberry and then add one apple piece to each little pie circle. Hope you enjoy!
these were a hit!- I have a baking hint though- put each circle into a mini muffin tin, this way they stay pinched and don't roll away. they were easy to get out of the tin too! thanks for the recipe 🙂
Has anyone tried making these with another fresh fruit? I'm thinking of trying with fresh peaches. Thoughts?
I made this recipe with fresh cherries which were cut in half and pits removed. Used half a cherry per bite and used a 2" circle instead of 1-1/2". I also made original recipe with blueberries (using 1-1/2" circles). Both were delicious; however, I had trouble with many bites losing their shape while baking. The corners did not remain pinched together and some opened completely and were a flat tart when removed from oven after baking. Any ideas on what I did wrong with the bites that opened while baking?
Hi Susan!A couple of questions here -- did you use the egg wash? And the pie crust dough - is it a brand you've had success with shaping edges before? This part is important because pre-made doughs have all sorts of preservatives and stabilizers that keep them fresh, but those things can also make it tough to create a fluted edge (which is essentially what you are doing over and over again with the pie bites). I used Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust for mine and am sure I made a fantastic mess with the egg wash on my fingers to pinch those corners. I am the messiest baker ????
I did use Pillsbury pie crusts. And I did use egg wash. I brushed the egg wash on the circles of pastry before pinching corners. Maybe used too much?
i was wondering if you could recommend a pie crust recipe for these? can't seem to find ready made pie crust dough! thanks a lot!!
Hi Brocha! For these I usually just buy a refrigerated pie crust (like Pillsbury or something) for the sake of making them simple and quick. If you don't have refrigerated pie crust available I'll tell you that I do REALLY like this Easy All Butter Pie Crust Recipe from Crazy for Crust: http://www.crazyforcrust.com/2013/11/favorite-all-butter-pie-crust/
I tried it out for a few of my Thanksgiving pies and it was flaky, buttery perfect. 🙂