Homemade Blueberry Pie Filling

By Mary YounkinPublished Jul 25, 2023

4.92 from 105 votes

Homemade Blueberry Pie Filling tastes so much better than store-bought! And best of all, it's super easy to make.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings 8 servings, about 2 cups

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Homemade Blueberry Pie Filling tastes so much better than store-bought! And best of all, it’s super easy to make.

Use this awesome berry sauce to top pies, cheesecakes, pancakes, or waffles. It’s delicious on ice cream too!

Blueberry Pie Filling

This is my family’s Easy Homemade Blueberry Pie Filling Recipe. We use the recipe for just about everything you can imagine – and pie too!

We love it on all sorts of desserts and it’s our favorite pancake topping too.

You can use this blueberry pie filling to make Blueberry Crunch or No Bake Blueberry Cheesecake and these Blueberry Pie Bars too.

Blueberry Cobbler full of berries with a sweet, buttery, cake-like yet crispy topping served with ice cream is dessert perfection.

Blueberry Grunt is a sweet and delicious blueberry sauce-like filling smothered in flaky, buttery sweet dumplings that get crispy on top with a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar.

How To Make Blueberry Pie Filling

Have you made a homemade pie filling before? It’s super easy and I love having it on hand for pancakes.

It tastes much better than the canned version too. This recipe is simply water, blueberries, sugar, and cornstarch.

The lemon juice in the recipe isn’t required for the pie filling to work, but it does brighten the flavor nicely. (I highly recommend including it!)

Everything cooks together in a saucepan for just a few minutes until it is nice and thick and the fruit does a great job at giving it a gorgeous color.

Berry Recipes

If you’re as big a fan of the summer berries as we are, you’ll want to try the No Bake Raspberry Cheesecake and Blueberry Lime Quick Bread too.

These Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes are a must-make for your Valentine’s sweetheart too. Though your family and friends might also love these Lemon Blueberry Sweet Rolls.

Blueberry Pie Filling Recipe

Combine the cornstarch and sugar in a heavy saucepan and whisk until there are no lumps of cornstarch remaining. Add the water, blueberries, and lemon juice. Stir to combine.
Set the heat on the stove to medium and cook, stirring frequently, until thick. Remove from heat and cool. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate for up to a week. Use as desired.

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4.92 from 105 votes

Homemade Blueberry Pie Filling

Mary Younkin

Use this Blueberry Pie Filling to top pies, cheesecakes, pancakes or waffles! It's delicious on ice cream too.

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 15

Servings: servings, about 2 cups

Ingredients

Instructions

Combine the cornstarch and sugar in a heavy saucepan and whisk until there are no lumps of cornstarch remaining. Add the water, blueberries, and lemon juice. Stir to combine.
Set the heat on the stove to medium and cook, stirring frequently, until thick. Remove from heat and cool. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate for up to a week. Use as desired.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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{originally published 7/9/18 – recipe notes and photos updated 7/25/23}

These Blueberry Turnovers and Blueberry Pie Sugar Cookies are a couple more great ways to use this pie filling. And these Mini Blueberry Pies are about the cutest handheld pies ever!