Pudding and Pie Quilt Block and Eating Blueberry Pie with Tessa, Nancy, and Helen

Pudding and Pie Quilt Block

A  note on the 12" Pudding and Pie Quilt Block.  I found the pattern here.  It's just a pattern rather than directions.  Each little square or half square triangle finishes at 2".  I thought this block went perfectly with a blog about Blueberry Pie!

As you read Wedding Ring by Emilie Richards with the Quilters' Book Club this month, take a moment to eat some Blueberry Pie with Tessa, Nancy, and Helen.!

"This delicious recipe comes from author Emilie Richards website.  Check it out here.  She says, "Shenandoah Valley cuisine combines southern country cooking with the influence of the Pennsylvania Dutch, who settled much of the countryside. The area's most enduring chefs rely on fresh, locally grown ingredients such as the apples and peaches grown in Valley orchards and the berries picked from its hillsides.

"Helen is well known for her pies. When she loses a bet to Nancy early in the book, she makes one for everyone to share."

Helen's One-Crust Blueberry Pie

1 9" unbaked pie shell (I like the ones in the dairy section that you place in your own pie pan.)
1/3 cup flour
½ cup sugar (or less if berries are very sweet)
4 to 6 cups of freshly washed blueberries
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla
Nutmeg and or cinnamon
½ cup of brown sugar-firmly packed
1 cup flour
½ cup butter (lower fat margarine will work, as well)

1.  Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
2.  Combine 1/3 cup of flour, ½ cup sugar and the blueberries. Sprinkle with lemon juice, vanilla and a little cinnamon or nutmeg if you desire. Pour into pie shell.
3.  Combine remaining 1 cup flour and brown sugar, cut in butter (or margarine) until crumbs are fine. Sprinkle evenly over berries.
4.  Bake for 30 minutes; then cover with foil and bake another 20 minutes.  Serve with good quality vanilla ice cream.

What delicious recipe containing fruit would you share with Tessa, Nancy, and Helen?  Inquiring minds want to know!  Answer in the comments section below.  By commenting, you are entering your name in a giveaway for Clare O'Donohue's book, The Devil's Puzzle, part of her Someday Quilts Mystery Series.  And if you send your recipe to me at starwoodquilter@gmail.com  I'll put your name in the giveaway a second time!  Plume Books has generously offered copies of Clare's book for TWO lucky winners this month.   

Catch up on all this month's Quilters' Book Club posts here.

You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post here.