Last Updated June 18th, 2019 at 01:19 pm by Lisa
Bake this American flag BLUEBERRY PIE recipe in your grill (just like an oven) at your cookout, BBQ, or July 4th party and keep your house COOL!
Yes, you read that right…a grilled dessert! Blueberry Pie done right on your grill…
I give all the credit for this creative baking idea to our dear friends Mary and Harry who live in Texas. It is so dang hot in Dallas Fort Worth in Summer, and they don’t want to heat their kitchen. Mary bakes this way to keep the house cool and still enjoy baked pies all Summer. Pure baking brilliance!! The key to this process is in the preparation of your grill with a couple of things.
How You Can Use Your Grill To Bake Fruit Pies:
What You Need To Bake in Your Grill:
Step 1: Buy 6 Fire Rated Bricks <very important they will withstand direct heat off the grill (ask at the builders supply store for fire rated bricks used to make pizza ovens, not the red bricks – those won’t work.
Step 2: Wrap each of the 6 Fire Rated Bricks in heavy foil.
Step 3: Place all 6 foil-wrapped bricks on the grill.
Step 4: Set oven temperature and grill surface thermometer gauges in your grill
Grill-Baked Blueberry Pie Baking Tips:
- You will need to rotate your pie about every 10 minutes (use hot pads). Grab a cool beverage and enjoy the process.
- Watch the temperatures while baking to get an evenly baked crust while not burning the pie.
- Grills will vary in their heating temperatures and “hot spots”, mine runs hot so my temperature in on the lower side.
- Prepare your pie crust and let them chill in the fridge for at least 60 minutes, this helps get a nice pie
- Make your pie, and have it ready to go. Then preheat your grill.
These are the temperature gauges I used. Not necessary, but helpful as the oven gauge was getting a different reading than the surface of the bricks by over 25-50 degrees at times.
Each grill will vary a bit but don’t worry, it’s just a pie! The key is to not let the temperature soar over 400 degrees, or you might brown the crust a bit, and if that starts to happen, simply place some foil over the pie.
I initially heated the grill at medium-high temperature but dropped it down through the baking process as it gets hotter and hotter, and when the grill lid is open as you rotate your pie, this will drop the temperature.
Pie Crust Recipe:
2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 sticks (1 cup) cold butter cut into pieces
1/4 cup ice water
Top crust flag design-pie crust cutter-William Sonoma (or cookie cutters/pizza dough wheel)
Step 1: Sift all dry ingredients; flour, sugar, salt. Next cut the butter with pastry cutter into the mixture (or use 2 knives going in opposite directions). Next, add ice water and form into a ball, mixing with your hands until it comes together. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap, in two halves and chill for 60 minutes.
Step 2: Roll out the 2 pie crusts, and cut one with a design you choose.
Here I used William Sonoma’s Flag pastry cutter. Pretty darn cute, and so easy to do! They have these for several different holidays.
Roll out your pie crust and place in the bottom of your oven-safe pie dish.
Next, pour the blueberry filling into the pie dish.
Place top crust on pie,. Roll the edges under neatly and press.
Remember to set the grill on a lower setting. Bake in grill 375-400 degrees for 50 minutes.
Rotate pie every 10 minutes a quarter turn clockwise, this helps to bake it even!
Keep an eye on your surface grill temperature, and keep it between 350-400. The edges can get a little dark, but when you open the grill, the temperature drops fast so it will bake the pie evenly like in the oven.
Want More Grill Dessert Recipes?
As a matter of fact, anything you can bake in your regular indoor kitchen oven (casseroles, pies, brownies, pizza, coffee cake) can easily be baked on a gas or charcoal grill, and you don’t need to adjust the recipes. Take a look at Weber Grills – Baking On The Grill article for more tips and ideas.
And take a look at Annalise from Completely Delicious shares her creative ideas and tips on How to Bake On A Grill.
How To Cook Almost Anything on Your Grill is a great article that shares all kinds of fantastic ideas to cook outdoors on your grill!
Summer Grill Recipes:
Grill-Baked Blueberry Pie ~ July 4th American Flag Fruit Pie Recipe
Ingredients
You will need:
- 6 Fire Bricks wrapped in foil
- Oven Surface Thermometer and Hanging Oven Thermometer
- Prepare your pie crust and let them chill in the fridge for at least 60 minutes ahead
- Pie Dish
- Flag pie pastry cutter from William Sonoma
Pie crust:
- 2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks (1 cup) cold butter cut into pieces
- 1/4 cup ice water
- top crust flag design- pie crust cutter-William Sonoma or cookie cutters/pizza dough wheel
Filling:
- 5 cups Blueberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons butter cut into tiny cubes
Instructions
Get your Grill set up, here is what you need:
- fire bricks, from a builders supply store – ask for fire-rated bricks used for pizza ovens only (not red building bricks)
- Wrap each of the 6 fire-bricks in heavy foil.
- Place all 6 foil-wrapped bricks on the grill.
- Have the surface and oven temperature gauges in place.
make your pie crust:
- Sift all dry ingredients; flour, sugar, salt. Next cut the butter with pastry cutter into the mixture (or use 2 knives going in opposite directions). Next, add ice water and form into a ball, mixing with your hands until it comes together. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap, in two halves and chill for 60 minutes.
make the blueberry filling:
- In a medium bowl, mix sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, lemon juice, lemon zest, and butter cubes. Then gently fold the blueberries into the filling mix. Set aside.
- Roll out your pie crust and place in the bottom of your oven-safe pie dish.
- Next, pour the blueberry filling into the pie dish.
- Place top crust on pie, I used a flag pie pastry cutter from William Sonoma. Roll the edges under neatly and press.
- Bake in grill 375-400 degrees for 50 minutes.
- Rotate pie every 10 minutes a quarter turn clockwise, this helps to bake it even. Serve slices of blueberry pie with ice cream, and enjoy!
Notes
How You Can Use Your Grill To Bake Fruit Pies:
What You Need To Bake in Your Grill:Step 1: Buy 6 Fire Rated Bricks <very important they will withstand direct heat off the grill (ask at the builders supply store for fire rated bricks used to make pizza ovens, not the red bricks – those won’t work.
Step 2: Wrap each of the 6 Fire Rated Bricks in heavy foil
Step 3: Place all 6 foil-wrapped bricks on grill Step 4: Set oven temperature and grill surface thermometer gauges in your grill
Nutrition
More Fruit Pie Recipes You Will Love:
- French Crumble Mini Apple Pies
- Make Ahead Apple Pie Filling
- American Flag Strawberry Blueberry Slab Pie
- Cherry Chocolate Chunk Heart Hand Pies
Grill-Baked Blueberry Pie, sounds like Summertime right? Grills are ovens, really. Another recipe to try that work just as well, are chicken pot pies and gratins. Again, keep your house cool and bake away outdoors on those balmy warm summer days.
Have fun and try different fruit apple pies, crisps, or how about savory pies like chicken pot pie? All these will work just fine, and who wouldn’t love fresh-baked pies at your next outdoor party?
All The Best Dishes,
Lisa
XO
Yum, looks great! Keep up the great work!
Rhonda and Granny
Made these last August and they were SOOOOO good. Grilling a pie is just genius. And so easy! They’re totally on this summer’s grill menu too!
I love that this is made on the grill. That way the house stays cool as no need to use the oven.
Isn’t it great? Enjoy baking on the grill Tara.
What a gorgeous pie! I didn’t know you could grill one!
Aww, thank you! All the credit goes to that cute flag Williams-Sonoma pie crust cutter!!!
This is adorable!! I had no idea you could bake a pie on a grill! Makes it so much more festive! I love it!
Thanks Kristi! We have so much fun baking outside in the summer with friends and family…try it you will love it!
It is so fun to bake on the grill, give it a try Kristi!
This blueberry pie looks to die for! I never would have thought to make a dessert on the grill but I am absolutely loving it! I will totally have to try this out.
Oh, thank you Jessica! Do try it out, and savory pies and gratins work great too!
I have NEVER heard of using a grill to bake a pie! So creative!
Aww thanks Jessica! I owe all the creativity to my dear friend who taught me the oven baking grill trick!
Wow, when I run out of gas in the oven I use the grill to cook eggplants and sweet potatoes. Next time I will try to bake pie and pizza.
Hey Princess, what a fantastic way to do pizza we do it all the time! Pies are easy, just be sure to use the bricks and turn them every 10..happy summer!
I would never have thought to bake a pie on the grill! It’s a great idea for when it’s too hot out to turn the oven on.
When I first heard of it, I couldn’t believe it either! Give it a try Ann, I think you will love it.
Oh man this is amazing! I would love to have a slice of this pie!
Wish I could hand one to you Sara! Happy 4th, hope you bake something yummy…
I have never baked on the grill, but man this looks so fun and delicious!
Oh it is! So fun, keeps the house cool, and you can make any pie or even chicken pot pies this way!
I would have never thought about baking anything on an outdoor grill. That is brilliant and that blueberry pie looks so delicious.
Isn’t it fun? Absolutely works great, and nice when its really hot and you want to keep the house cool! We love this recipe in our family, hope you try it this summer.