Best Homemade Blackberry Pie

This blackberry pie has a crumb topping making this summer dessert an instant hit, and a store-bought crust makes it even easier to prepare.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 382 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 4 cups fresh blackberries
• 1 prepared pastry for a single-crust pie
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.25 cup cornstarch
• 0.75 cup light brown sugar
• 0.75 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Combine sugar, water, cornstarch, and lemon juice in a saucepan. Whisk out lumps and turn heat to high. Bring to a boil and stir; continue to cook for 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Add blackberries and mix together; set aside.

Step 3

Press pie pastry into a pie pan and add blackberry filling; top with crumble.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until the bottom of the crust is cooked and golden, 40 to 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for filling to set, about 1 hour.

Step 5

Smash blackberries in a bowl until they are mostly liquid, with only a few chunks remaining.

Step 6

Combine flour, brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon in another bowl. Add butter and mix with your hands until crumbly.