No Bake Blueberry Pie

Posted on July 28, 2014  |  Print Recipe

No need to turn on the oven for this pie!  The no-bake pie includes a thick graham cracker crust, luscious cream cheese layer and homemade blueberry pie filling.

No-Bake Blueberry Pie - such a great way to enjoy pie in the summer!

I don’t really think of myself as a pie person.  My sister?  She loves pie.  My dad, too.  I like pies a lot, but don’t get all that excited about them too often.  However, I have a history with this blueberry pie (it pretty much blows every other pie out of the water).  This summer I decided to make a no-bake version.  It simplifies things and adds a nice item to the “don’t-have-to-turn-on-your-oven” repertoire.  Traditional pie crust fans, I’m sorry.  But to the rest of us who are all about the filling anyway, the graham cracker crust is still a great compliment to this perfect specimen of a fruit filling.

No-Bake Blueberry Pie - 3 delicious layers and the filling is perfection

No Bake Blueberry Pie
 
No need to turn on the oven for this pie! The no-bake pie includes a thick graham cracker crust, luscious cream cheese layer and homemade blueberry pie filling.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Makes: 8 servings

Ingredients
Graham Cracker Crust
  • 180g (1 ½ cups) finely ground graham cracker crumbs (10-11 full sheets)
  • 55g (¼ cup) granulated sugar
  • 85g (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
Cream Cheese Layer
  • 113g light or regular cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 41g (3 tablespoons) granulated sugar
  • 15 milliliters (1 tablespoon) heavy cream
  • 2 milliliters (½ teaspoon) vanilla extract
Blueberry Pie Filling
  • 165g (3/4 cup) granulated sugar
  • 25g (3 tablespoons) cornstarch
  • 1g (1/4 teaspoon) salt
  • 570g (4 cups) blueberries, separated in half (if you can, group the best looking blueberries together, you will want to cook the blueberries that aren’t “perfect”)
  • 60 milliliters (¼ cup) water
  • 15 milliliters (1 tablespoon) fresh lemon juice (from ~1/2 lemon)
  • 14g (1 tablespoon) unsalted butter, softened at room temperature

Instructions
  1. Prepare pie crust; in a medium bowl, stir together graham cracker crumbs, sugar and melted butter
  2. Press crust ingredients down with your hands into a 9-inch pie plate
  3. Place crust in refrigerator and make cream cheese layer and filling
  4. In the bowl of a stand mixer use whisk attachment to combine ingredients until creamy, light and smooth; set aside and prepare blueberry pie filling
  5. In a medium heavy duty pot, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt; add half of the blueberries and water
  6. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until blueberry mixture turns thickens and turns a very dark purple; this will take several minutes
  7. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and butter
  8. Fold in remaining blueberries
  9. Assemble the pie; remove crust from refrigerator and spread cream cheese layer evenly over top; gently spread blueberry filling into pie, making sure to keep cream cheese layer intact
  10. Chill in refrigerator at least one hour before serving and store leftovers in refrigerator; serve at room temperature

Notes
Slightly adapted from this pie which I blogged about here
Crust can be made up to 24 hours before filling, just cover it in seran and keep refrigerated
Pie should be enjoyed within three days of making

No-Bake Blueberry Pie - perfect for the amazing summer blueberries

 

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