Aunt Kathys Strawberry Pie Recipes

AUNT MARTHA'S CREAMY STRAWBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese and sugar.
• Add vanilla and strawberries, mix well.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Mix whipped cream and confectioner's sugar and spoon over top of pie.
• Chill for one hour.
• Serve.

AUNT BARBARA'S STRAWBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, and melted butter in a mixing bowl; mix until evenly moistened and press into the bottom and sides of a 9-inch pie pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the crust is lightly browned and smells toasted, about 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.
• Soak gelatin in cold water for 3 minutes. Heat the water and gelatin in the top of a double boiler set over simmering water, stirring frequently, until gelatin is completely dissolved.
• Beat whipping cream in a chilled glass or metal bowl until soft peaks form.
• Stir strawberries and 1/3 cup sugar together in a bowl. Pour gelatin mixture over strawberries. Gently fold in whipped cream until incorporated. Pour filling into baked pie shell and chill in the refrigerator until set, at least 2 hours.

AUNT FRANCIE'S STRAWBERRY PIE

Steps:

• 1. Ingredients, prep and cook time do not include the pie crust!
• 2. Put 1/2 of the strawberries plus water into a pot and cook 3 minutes. Mix sugar and cornstarch or arrowroot together and add to strawberries. Mix and let come to a boil (about 5 minutes) until it starts to thicken. Remove from head and add lemon juice (this helps to maintain the bright color of the fruit). While strawberries are cooling, bake pie shell. (Be sure to use pie weights or dried beans to hold the shell down) Allow shell to cool
• 3. Take the balance of fresh strawberries and spread over bottom of the pie shell. Pour cooked strawberry mixture over the strawberries. Chill thoroughly (about 1 to 2 hours)
• 4. While strawberry mixture is chilling, in a medium bowl add heavy cream and confectioners sugar together. Whip at high speed until firm and fluffy. Put in refrigerator to chill.
• 5. When pie mixture is chilled remove pie and whip cream from refrigerator. Spread whip cream over top of pie. Garnish top if you like with several left over perfect berries in the center, sliced berries, or however you wish to garnish if at all. Return to the refrigerator until ready to serve.

EASY FRESH STRAWBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. Unroll crust into a 9-in. pie plate. Trim edge. Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil or parchment. Bake 8 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack., In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and water until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in gelatin until dissolved. Refrigerate until slightly cooled, 15-20 minutes., Meanwhile, arrange strawberries in the crust. Pour gelatin mixture over berries. Refrigerate until set. If desired, serve with whipped cream.

OLD FASHIONED STRAWBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Place one crust in a nine inch pie pan.
• Mix together sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Mix lightly through the berries. Pour filling into pastry lined pan, and dot fruit with butter or margarine. Cover with top crust, and cut slits in the top. Seal and flute the edges.
• Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until the crust is slightly browned.

THE OLD BOY'S STRAWBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place a drip pan on lowest shelf to catch pie juices.
• To Make Topping: In a medium bowl, mix until fluffy the 3/4 cup sugar, 3/4 cup flour, butter, and nutmeg.
• Place cleaned strawberries in a deep bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together the 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup flour, and cornstarch. Gently coat berries with this mixture; be careful not to crush berries.
• Pour berries into prepared pie crust mounding them in the middle; mounding is necessary as the berries will sink as they bake. Cover berries with crumb topping and top crumbs with about 15 pea-sized blobs of butter. Wrap edges of pie crust with foil to prevent burning.
• Bake pie in preheated oven for 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and bake for an additional 40 minutes. When there are 10 minutes left of baking, sprinkle a little extra sugar over crumb topping and then finish baking.