It's All About the Pine Barrens! The 28th Annual Whitesbog Blueberry Festival
Photos from a previous year's Festival: A hot, sunny day greeted vendors and visitors to the infamous Blueberry Festival set amid the historic village of Whitesbog in Brendan T. Byrne State Forest.
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Map to Whitesbog Blueberry Festival: |
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Super Delicious Chatsworth NJ Blueberry Muffins 6 T butter softened Grease muffin tins or use paper liners. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix together flour, baking power and salt...set aside. Cream butter and sugar together, mixing well. Add eggs. Add dry ingredients alternating with the milk, to the creamed mixture. Quickly fold in the blueberries and fill muffin 2/3 full. Sprinkle topping mixture of 3 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp nutmeg and 1 tsp allspice. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven and cover with clean towel for 10 minutes. Contributed by Deborah Grove, Chatsworth NJ |
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BLUEBERRY CREAM PIE Baked 9" pie shell or baked crumb crust Prepare pudding as label directs, using 1 1/2 cups milk; add butter, extract. Pour into bowl. Cover pudding surface with wax paper to prevent hard skin from forming. Chill. Beat until smooth with mixing spoon. Fold in whipped cream. Fill pie shell. Add Blueberry Topping. In saucepan, place 1 scant cup of blueberries. Add cornstarch combined with sugar, lemon rind and juice. Cook over low heat, mashing & stirring, until mixture thickens & turns clear. Add the remaining whole blueberries; cool slightly. Carefully spoon the mixture over the cream filling in pie shell. Refrigerate until served. (Yummy) Contributed by Arlene McAdams, Waretown, NJ |
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BLUEBERRY KUCHEN (tart) Use a 9" spring form pan 1 cup plus 2 Tbs. Flour CRUST: Combine 1 c. flour and 2 Tbs. Sugar,
cut in butter to make uniform crumbs. Add vinegar, salt; blend smooth.
Press into bottom and about 1 inch up the sides of 9" spring form pan.
Submitted by Arlene McAdams, Waretown NJ |
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Blueberry Muffins Ingredients: 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour Sift flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar
together into bowl. |
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Blueberry No-Bake Pie Ingredients: 1-1/4 cup
water Place water and cornstarch in pan. Bring to boil stirring mixture. Sprinkle flavored gelatin over boiled cornstarch-water and stir to dissolve. Fold in frozen blueberries and spoon into pie crust; cover and refrigerate until set, about 3 hours. To serve, top pie pieces with a dollop of whipped cream.
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Bluetini 2 oz. Stoli
blueberi vodka
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Blueberry Crumble Ingredients: 2 cups fresh
blueberries, lightly sugared Preheat oven to 375'. Using extra mayo, lightly grease bottom of 9" baking dish, then place sugared blueberries in dish. In medium bowl, combine flour, sugar and cinnamon, then stir in mayonnaise. Using fingers, scrunch mixture to form crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over blueberries. Bake 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or home made whipped cream! |
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Blueberry Dumplings (courtesy of Crystal Brandt) Every year during blueberry season my mom would make this for us.... it was always our favorite!!! 1 container of blueberry's 1/4 cup of sugar about 1.5 cups of water let it cook down for about 15 minutes then add dumplings (biscuick and milk - recipe on box) cook until the bisquick looks done (about 15 minutes)
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Blueberry Drink Syrup for Blueberry Iced Tea (courtesy of Claire Demetroules) 4 cups fresh
blueberries or frozen, rinsed and drained Place blueberries in a saucepan with water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Set sieve or colander lined with cheesecloth (you can use a thick paper towel) over a bowl and pour in the blueberry mixture. Gently press out the juice with a spoon or by twisting the cheesecloth. Discard the pulp and measure the juice into saucepan. Add 1/2 cup sugar for each cup of juice and cook over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil and cook 2 minutes. Add lemon juice, Chill and pour into covered jar. Store in refrigerator. Add two tablespoons to each glass of prepared iced tea. Stir well and garnish with a lemon slice. |
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Blueberry Smoothie (courtesy of Tony Risos) 1 1/2 Cups
Frozen Blueberries Blend all ingredients in a blender and enjoy! |
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More recipies can be found
on the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council's
website.
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