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1970's French Strawberry Pie
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"My mom used to make this for our family back in '72. I totally loved it then as I do now! Very quick and easy to make. My mom used to make homemade crust but I always have trouble with mine and I recently found Keebler® ready made shortbread pie crusts!"
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Ingredients
2 h 25 m servings 418Original recipe yields 8 servings (1 9-inch pie)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Beat cream cheese and 1 tablespoon heavy cream together in a bowl. Spread into bottom of pie crust. Arrange about 2 cups quartered strawberries onto cream cheese layer.
- Mix 2 cups mashed strawberries, 1 cup sugar, and cornstarch in a saucepan; cook over medium heat until slightly reduced and thickened, about 10 minutes. Cool completely.
- Pour cooled strawberry mixture over strawberry layer in pie crust. Chill in refrigerator until set, 2 hours.
- Beat 1 cup heavy cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, and vanilla extract in a bowl until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Spread over cooled pie.
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7/1/2012
I made this for Faceless Frenzy July 2012. For the shortbread crust I mixed 1/2 cup of softened butter with 1 Cup flour and 1/4 powdered sugar until it was crumbly then patted it into a tart pa...
7/3/2012
Hi! This is like my mom's recipe from '70s. The mashed mixture of cooked strawberries isn't suppose to be smooth. This is different from the packaged strawberry glazes that you can buy. A li...
8/14/2012
I loved this and it was a big hit after a summer bbq! I followed the review that suggested adding icing sugar to the cream cheese - added about 1/3 of a cup. Also used sugar cookie dough to crea...
7/15/2012
My husband has fond memories of this pie from a previous neighbour. I had to make some changes for my family's preferences though. I live in Canada, I couldn't find a premade shortbread crust, I...
6/18/2018
I love this recipe! I used to make it from a Pies Recipe book from WAY back but I can’t find the book after our major renovation. One thing we love about this pie is the chunky glaze- (make sure...
10/27/2014
OMG this is so good. Exactly what I was looking for. I only changed one thing and that was to add 1/3 c powered sugar to the cream cheese as someone else suggested. It was perfect with fresh ...
11/4/2018
I first made this pie in 1972. It was a big hit every time I made it. I somehow lost the recipe and just recently found it on All recipes. It is a so good!
7/21/2017
This pie tasted really good but I had trouble with the cooked strawberries setting. I may not of cooked it long enough so make sure that if you make it that you cook it long enough so that it ge...