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This recipe is from the Huggett family. They love making it in the summer because it does not have to be baked in the oven. It makes a refreshing dessert on a hot day. The Huggetts make it as one pie but we experimented with mini pie shells from the grocery store with good results. We also added fresh whipped cream.
This is an easy way to infuse foods with blueberry flavor. The sugar can be sprinkled on baked goods, stirred into tea, added to the rim of a drink glass and much more.
Place all ingredients in a gallon container then fill with water.
