Holy Cow!! I accidentally picked up organic strawberries instead of the regular ones...actually I got 2 organic and one regular. The organic were $5.99 each versus the regular, which you can see were on sale for $1.88.
They were all together in the same display case...grrrr.
Of course I didn't see this until I was home . I thought the total bill was a little high and so took a close look at the receipt. Then, I hopped in the Jeep and took those organic berries back to the store and returned them.
Now on to the pies...
First, its...
Graham Cracker Crust (makes one crust - double it for the pie recipe below )
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup melted butter
Just mix this up real good and press it into your pie pan. Bake at 350 degrees. Cool before filling.
I use my stand mixer to crush the graham crackers - Then add the other ingredients and mix thoroughly.
Press into pie pan...
While the crust is baking and cooling you can prepare this embarrassingly easy....
Strawberry Pie (this makes 2 pies)
1 cup sugar
2 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 1/2 cups water
small box strawberry jello
2 pounds(pints) strawberries
Mix sugar and cornstarch n a pan. Stir in water.
Bring to a boil and cook until thickened..it only takes a few minutes.
Remove from heat and add jello ( from the package - not prepared)
Mix until Jello is dissolved. Allow to cool. While this is cooling you can rinse and stem your strawberries and slice them into a bowl. When Jello mixture is cooled; fold into berries.
Once the crusts have cooled completely; fill with the berry mixture. Refrigerate several hours. I usually spread cool whip over the top of the pies just before serving.
This recipe originally came from Granny Marion. She used a regular pie crust and so did I for a long time. It's good that way too.
I have a confession. I also accidentally bought "light" butter. Duh.
Wonder what that is going to taste like? I think I need to be more careful at the grocery store!
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