Fresh Strawberry Pie

Fresh Strawberry Pie

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 15 mins
  • Yield: 6pieces

    • About This Recipe

    “What could be better in berry season than Fresh Strawberry Pie? Will you have a slice?”

    Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 quartsstrawberries, hulled
  • 1cupsugar
  • 2tablespoonscornstarch
  • 1/2 cupwater
  • red food coloring, if desired
  • 1 (3ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1teaspoonfresh lemon zest
  • 1 (9inch)baked pie crusts

    • Directions

  • Mash enough strawberries to measure 1 cup.
  • Mix sugar and cornstarch in 2-quart saucepan.
  • Gradually stir in water and mashed strawberries (add 1 or 2 drops food color if deeper red color is desired).
  • Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils.
  • Boil and stir 1 minute; cool.
  • Beat cream cheese and lemon peel until smooth; spread into baked and cooled pie crust.
  • Fill crust with remaining strawberries.
  • Pour cooked strawberry mixture over top.
  • Refrigerate about 3 hours or until set.
  • Store covered in refrigerator.

    • Reviews

  • “The strawberries are ripe and this was the perfect recipe to use some of them! The cream cheese layer in the crust really added a nice flavor. Then, pouring the filling over the fresh berries gives you a mix between a cooked filling and a fresh filling. This is an excellent recipe! I will make this one often, I have a lot of strawberry lovers! Thank you Bev!!”

  • “I had two buckets of fresh strawberries and this recipe sounded so good.I made two pies, one for my family and one for the neighbors.It was fast, easy and very delicious.I will definitely keep this recipe and make again!! I did change one thing, I used a graham cracker crust. I loved the cream cheese bottom, really added to the great taste of strawberries.”

  • “We really love strawberries, and this pie is a very good way to fix them. Loved it!!”

  • “This is an excellent strawberry pie recipe. Very easy to make too. I added some powdered sugar to the cream cheese. The strawberry topping was perfectly berry sweet. This looked dazzling and you should have seen everyone gobble it down. Thanks Bev :)”

  • “Oh Bev this is a keeper!I was lazy and used a store bought gram cracker crust. VERY GOOD!”

  • “This is the best strawberry pie I’ve ever eaten.Simply delicious!”

  • “I made this for a family gathering, and it got rave reviews.Although I made the glaze precisely according to the recipe, it was thinner than I would have liked it to be.I will probably add a bit more cornstarch next time.Since the pie went over so well, there will be a next time – it’s definitely a recipe worth the effort of adjusting.”

  • “This was an excellent and easy recipe.I used lemon extract in the cream cheese, which gave it even more of a lemony bite.Everyone really enjoyed it and wanted the recipe.Like many others, I did not feel the food coloring was necessary.I will definitely make this again!”

  • “SO much better than a strawberry pie using the commercial glaze which I think can be overly sweet.The cream cheese layer is a great addition.I will make this often!!”

  • “Wanted to make a strawberry pie without Jello for my family (I’m allergic, so none for me). We were trying to decide between strawberry pie & strawberry cheesecake. With the inclusion of cream cheese in this recipe, it pleased everyone. My 5 year old who loves cheesecake & pie had two pieces! No problems with the filling setting up at all, which btw smelled divine.Thanks!”

  • “Deeeeelicious!!!I had strawberries to use up and found this recipe (it sounded much better than a jello pie); I am so glad I tried it!I added a couple pinches of granulated sugar to the cream cheese and it was just right.I highly recommend this pie.”

  • “Good gosh this pie was awesome!!!It was just about inhaled by my guests at my dinner party!!!I have a good mind to make it again for Thanksgiving, but I don’t think the strawberries will be real good by then.I will have to wait and see, but you can bet your bottom dollar I will be making it again and again. Delicious!”

  • “Unfortunately, this was not the strawberry pie recipe I was looking for.I wanted one without jello, and this fitst the bill there.But, there was not enough cream cheese to make a difference for me.I would potentially leave the cream cheese out next time and just try it as a normal strawberry pie.The cooked topping was easy and good, I would use that again.”

  • “LOVE IT!I like to use an oreo cookie crust with this pie.It is SINFULLY good, and worth the effort every time.”

  • “Oops! I forgot to review this recipe! Boy, is this an awesome strawberry pie! I absolutely LOVE the cream cheese layer. I took it to a birthday potluck and everyone said it was sooo good! Great stuff! Thanx for such a wonderful recipe!”

  • “Wow! Just made this today with fresh picked strawberries.I also added just a bit of icing sugar to the cream cheese mixture. My cooked mixture set perfectly- perhaps anyone having a problem wasn’t let it boil long enough because I followed the recipe exactly and it set like a charm.Next time I may try a graham cracker crust.This is far superior to anything made with Jello( not a product I use).It got the thumbs up from the sweet tooth in my family. “

  • “I’m sorry, I followed the recipe exactly and I could not get this pie to turn out. Perhaps I used too many fresh strawberries in the pie crust because when I added the cooked strawberry mixture, it just oozed over the top and spilled out. It never did set up properly in the refrigerator. My dad really liked this pie, but as for myself and the other taste testers, we preferred a different strawberry recipe; so as a result, I probably won’t be making this again.”

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