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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.
Homemade Blueberry Pie Filling
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- ½ cup water
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
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.
{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!
Using it to make blueberry (no cinnamon) rolls!
mmmmm, I bet they were awesome.
I’ve made this recipe and it’s just perfect! I double the recipe so it lasts longer. Today I’ll make Blueberry Cinnamon Rolls with half of it and still have delicious blueberry topping for ice cream, French toast, waffles, or pancakes.
I think this is a no-fail recipe. Thanks for posting it!
What an awesome review of the recipe, Mary. I’m so glad you like the blueberry pie filling.
Can I use bottled lemon juice instead of fresh?
A splash of the bottled juice will work fine for this purpose.
Very delicious, but if you are making a 9″ pie you will have to double the recipe.
Almost perfect recipe! Easy and tasty, however, I ALWAYS add cinnamon to my blueberries. Gives it that little something extra…
Mmm, I like cinnamon with berries too. Glad you like the pie filling.
SO GOOD!!!!
I’m thrilled you like it!
A basic really good filling recipe.. I always double. And I use tart jarred cherries with this, with the blueberries.
I’m glad you like it!
This was so quick and easy and tastes so good. I turned around to wash up a few dishes and just a few minutes later I checked on it I was surprised to see it was thick, glossy and done. I was so good. I could eat it with a spoon. But it’s to top a Thanksgiving dessert.
I’m thrilled that you love the sauce!
Is there actual “pie” instructions? Pie shell? Blind bake? How long to blind bake for? Lattice top? Solid top? Open top? Cooking temp and time?
Or only filling?
Thank you!
This is a recipe for the “pie filling.” Many people use it for different purposes, can it, or yes, make pies. You can use this homemade pie filling with any pie recipe you like.
Quick & easy! Definitely a go to recipe. I’m using it to make a dump cake. I look forward to trying it with other berries. Thanks for sharing!
I’m thrilled that you like it!