Fresh strawberry pie is a favorite at our home this time of year. When my boys were in school, I made this pie as an end of school teacher appreciation gift. I baked the pie in a nice stoneware pie dish for the teacher to keep and included a recipe card.
What I think makes this pie, THE BEST, is the addition of a layer of cream cheese spread on the pie crust before adding the strawberries. Plus, the homemade strawberry glaze is soooooo much better than the store bought gel! So, I hope you all think this is THE BEST strawberry pie, just like my family!
At the end of the post is a printable recipe card!
THE BEST STRAWBERRY PIE
Ingredients:
2 quarts fresh strawberries
1 cup sugar
3 TBS cornstarch
4 oz. cream cheese (at room temperature)
homemade or refrigerator pie crust
First, prepare your berries. Wash them thoroughly, cap, hull, and slice in half.
And, here’s the printable recipe!
The BEST Strawberry Pie Recipe
What I think makes this pie, the BEST, is the addition of a layer of cream cheese spread on the pie crust before adding the strawberries. Plus, the homemade strawberry glaze is so much better than store bought and it's so quick and easy!
Ingredients
- 2 quarts fresh strawberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 TBS cornstarch
- 4 oz. cream cheese (at room temperature)
- homemade or refrigerator pie crust
Instructions
- Thoroughly wash berries.
- Cap, hull, and slice berries in half.
- Prepare your pie crust. Flute pie crust edges and pierce the bottom of the crust with a fork to prevent bubbling. Bake in the oven for the amount of time suggest for a single pie crust.
- Let the crust cool completely and then carefully spread the softened cream cheese over the sides and bottom of the crust.
- Set aside one cup of strawberries for the glaze.
- Layer the remaining strawberries in the pie crust.
- In a medium saucepan, mix together 1 cup strawberries and 2/3 cup water. Simmer for four minutes.
- In a separate bowl, mix together 1 cup sugar, 3 tablespoons cornstarch, and 1/3 cup water. Use a whisk to combine thoroughly.
- Add the mixture to the simmered strawberries and water and bring to a boil. Boil for one minute until it thickens to a strawberry glaze.
- Pour the glaze over the strawberry pie.
- I like to halve a few large strawberries and arrange them in the center of the pie and then add one large strawberry on top.
- Chill in refrigerator until completely set.
YUMMO!!!!!!
Hi Doreen, do you think this pie would freeze well? Thank you!
Hi, Robyn. Unfortunately, I don’t think it would freeze well.
What pie crust do you use?
For this pie, I cheated and used a store bought Pillsbury pie crust.
The strawberries look home grown not the store bought kind,so no wonder it looks so YUMMY.
HaHa, This is the recipe that is my (falling apart) Betty Crocker New Picture Cook Book. No copyright date, maybe late 60’s?? It is the only pie I have tried to make. What is old is new again.
This looks so great and fresh for summer!!