Fantastic Lemon-Blueberry Cream Pie

Kittencalskitchen's Note:

The name of this says it all! ---plan ahead the pie needs to chill for 3 or more hours before serving. I made this pie using half bottled lemon juice and half fresh, it was still wonderful, I suggest to only use fresh berries for this pie.

• Total Time: 3 hrs
• Prep Time: 3 hrs
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

CRUST

• 1 2/3 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 3 tablespoons sugar (for a sweeter crust use 4 tablespoons)
• 1/3 cup melted butter

FILLING

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant lemon pudding mix
• 1 -2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 pint fresh blueberries
• 3 tablespoons blueberry preserves
• 2 cups sweetened whipped cream or 2 cups Cool Whip Topping, thawed

Directions:

1. Set oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Prepare a 9-inch pie plate.
3. In a bowl stir together the crust ingredients until combined; press into bottom and up the sides of the pie plate.
4. Bake for 8 minutes; remove and cool completely (the pie crust can be made up to a day in advance covered with plastic wrap and chilled).
5. In a bowl beat the softened cream cheese with sweetened condensed milk and powdered sugar using an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy and smooth.
6. Add in lemon pudding mix, lemon rind and fresh lemon juice; beat until completely blended.
7. Spread half of the lemon mixture evenly into the prepared pie crust.
8. In a bowl mix the blueberries with preserves; spread evenly over the lemon mixture.
9. Spread the remaining half of the lemon mixture over the blueberry mixture; cover and chill for minimum of 3 hours or until well set.
10. Dollop the whipped cream (or Cool Whip topping) around the edges of the pie, then sprinkle fresh blueberries over the whipped cream if desired.
11. Delicious!

Reviews

[lostrass]

This pie was a hit! I used a regular pastry pie shell instead but it was still amazing!

[Bunkie]

Yum!!! This is super easy to make and really, really tasty. I followed the recipe as written, except that I used a ready made graham cracker crust for convenience. The fresh blueberry filling was a nice contrast to the creamy lemon layers. I'll make this one again for sure - thanks for sharing, Kittencal!

[Chef #713165]

This pie is exceptional. I made a few changes such as: I used 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice and 1/4 cup bottled lemon juice. I also didn't put that second layer of lemon filling on top of the blueberry filling. However the pie was outstantanding and I received many compliments on this one. I also brought a ready made graham cracker crust to save time. But I also like the fact that this is a cheap dessert wth an expensive taste!!!!