Mini May Day Finnish Mustikkapiirakka (Blueberry Pies)+ Easy Peasy Lemon Drizzle + Musikkamaito (Finnish Iced Milk)

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preheat+measure+mix Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Start by making the pie crust. Combine ¾ C sugar, ¾ C softened butter, and 2 eggs in a large mixing bowl and mix with a fork. Measure and add 1 C flour and ½ tsp baking powder and mix again until well combined.

press+bake Press about 1 T of crust into each well of a cupcake pan, spreading out evenly. Then pop the tray into the oven for about 5-10 minutes until the crusts begin to get slightly golden. Then remove.

combine+stir+fold Now it’s time to make the pie custard! In a clean mixing bowl, combine 1 C whole milk plain Greek yogurt, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 2 eggs, and ¼ C sugar. Stir everything up and then gently fold in 1 C blueberries.

spoon+bake+drizzle Spoon about 1 T of pie custard into each mini pie crust in your cupcake tray. If there is any batter leftover, divide it equally amongst all the cupcake wells. Bake in your preheated oven until the custard is set, about 15-20 minutes. Drizzle lemon drizzle (recipe below) over pies before serving!

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measure+add+blend Measure and add ½ C blueberries, 2 C milk, 2-3 T sugar, and 1 C ice to your blender, or a pitcher for use with an immersion blender. Blend until creamy and thick. Taste and adjust flavors to your liking!

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zest+combine+dissolve Zest 1 lemon and combine lemon zest with ½ C powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Then, add 1 T lemon juice and stir until powdered sugar has dissolved into the lemon juice.

adjust+drizzle Adjust more lemon juice or more powdered sugar to get the perfect drizzle-able consistency! Drizzle over blueberry pies before serving.

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Mini Finnish Mustikkapiirakka

1 C flour ¾ C sugar ¾ C softened butter 2 eggs ½ tsp baking powder

Easy Peasy Lemon Drizzle½ C powdered sugar zest of 1 lemon 1 T lemon juice

1 C whole milk plain Greek yogurt 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 eggs ¼ C sugar 1 C blueberries

½ C blueberries 2 C milk 2-3 T sugar (sub 2 packs Stevia) 1 C ice

Pie crust ingredients Pie custard ingredients

Blueberry Musikkamaito

fun food facts:

What are mustikkapiirakka? Mustikkapiirakka (prounounced “moo-stee-kah-PEA-racka”) is a traditional Finnish blueberry pie. In the months of June and July, the entire country of Finland is cloaked in blueberries that grow wild. It's almost alarming, if you’ve never seen it before! This traditional custard pie celebrates the seasonal bounty of blueberries. It is also quite common in Finland to eat blueberries soaked in milk, especially when they're in season. Mustikkapiirakka is made by creating a sugar cookie like crust and filing it with a simple custard that is packed with blueberries and then baked until set.

The surprise ingredient: Blueberries! ★ Blueberries are one of the only natural foods that are truly blue in color. As such, blueberries

were used by Native Americans to make dye for textiles and baskets. Early colonists made gray paint out of blueberries by boiling them in milk.

★ Native Americans once called blueberries “star berries” because the five points of blueberry blossoms make a star shape.

★ Blueberries contain more antioxidants than most other fruits or vegetables and may help prevent damage caused by cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s. The anthocyanin present in blueberries is good for eyesight.

★ The pale, powder-like protective coating on the skin of blueberries is called “bloom”.

★ The blueberry industry of North America ships over 500 metric tons of fresh blueberries to Japan each year and over 100 metric tons to Iceland. The annual harvest of North American blueberries would cover a four lane highway from Chicago to New York if spread out in a single layer.

★ Minnesota claims the blueberry muffin as its official state muffin and New Jersey claims the berry as its official state fruit.

Time for a laugh! Why did the blueberry stop in the middle of the road? Because he ran out of juice!

What’s a ghost’s favorite fruit? Boo-berries!

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