Easy Strawberry Pie

Quick and easy Strawberry Pie with only 5 ingredients is the perfect easy dessert. Made with a frozen pie crust, strawberry Jell-O, fresh strawberries and topped with homemade whipped cream or Cool Whip. Everyone will be raving up this easy pie recipe.

There are so many tasty desserts to create with fresh strawberries! You could make a strawberry rhubarb crisp, or maybe some sparkling strawberry lemonade – now that sounds refreshing! Or how about strawberry ice cream? That’s a real favorite! Nothing screams summer to me more than those luscious red strawberries that are everywhere. You’ll love this pie with tons of strawberry flavor from fresh berries. I recommend baking a Strawberry Pretzel Pie to try out a new pie crust, too.

When I see them popping up in the grocery stores and farmers markets, I know it’s time for summer! And when it’s time for strawberries, it’s time for fresh strawberry pie! This super, simple strawberry pie with jello comes together quickly, yet looks like you spent hours and hours on it. Such a tasty treat that is refreshing summery.!

Why You’ll Love this Easy Strawberry Recipe

• Did you see this strawberry pie recipe only uses 5 ingredients? It’s the perfect quick and easy dessert to make for any occasion.
• It’s so easy to put your own spin on a strawberry pie. You can skip the oven and simply grab a premade graham cracker crust to use instead of baking a pie crust!
• This strawberry pie with jello is the perfect summer dessert packed with strawberry flavor that is always a hit at backyard pool parties!

Ingredients for Strawberry Pie

• Pie shell – You can either make your own pie crust or use a store-bought one. Either will work just fine!
• Strawberries – Make sure that you slice the strawberries into even slices so that they bake evenly.
• Sugar – Use granulated white sugar to sweeten this homemade strawberry pie filling.
• Cornstarch – Thicken the pie filling with a bit of cornstarch!
• Strawberry Jell-O – This is my secret ingredient to the most perfect strawberry pie. Adding some jell-o is a total game changer.
• Optional: Whipped cream – Don’t forget add a dollop of cool whip or Homemade Whipped Cream!

How to Make Easy Strawberry Pie

Start by baking the pie shell and then allow it to fully cool on a wire rack. Then clean your strawberries well, remove the tops and slice them.

Place the sliced strawberries into the prepared pie crust, then start on the jell-o strawberry filling.

To make the glaze for the strawberries combine water, sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan, whisk and bring it to a boil over medium heat. Simmer for two minutes and then add the strawberry Jell-O until dissolved.

Once combined, pour the mixture over the berries.

Transfer the pie dish to the fridge and allow it to chill until set. Once ready, slice, top with whipped cream and serve!

How do you keep strawberry pie from being runny?

The cornstarch in this recipe will keep your pie from being runny. It will also help thicken up the filling. However, if you’re still having issues with a runny strawberry filling, then make sure you are adding cold water to the saucepan and heat it to boiling to fully activate the thickening power of the cornstarch.

How to Store Leftover Strawberry Pie

Cover leftovers of this easy strawberry pie recipe with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator. If you are making it ahead of time store, covered, in the refrigerator until it is time to serve. It will store well for about five days.

You can also prepare this pie ahead of time and freeze it! Just wrap it well with tinfoil or plastic wrap and pop it in the freezer. Well sealed, a strawberry pie will keep up to two months in the freezer. Just beware the juices will be a bit runnier if you freeze it and then thaw to enjoy.

How do you keep pie crust from getting soggy?

There are several ways to prevent the crust from getting soggy. In this recipe, you’ll blind bake the crust, which is simply pre-baking the crust. Puncture the bottom of the crust with a fork in several places. This will keep it from bubbling. If the edges of the crust are getting overly dark, then cover them with parchment paper or foil until the baking is complete.

Some use pie weights or even uncooked beans (white beans or pinto beans, really any type of uncooked bean will work) poured into the bottom of the pie crust to keep it from bubbling up, but really poking it with a fork will do the trick for this pie.

Whenever you have fresh strawberries in the refrigerator or go berry picking make this delicious recipe for Strawberry Pie!

More Delicious Pie Recipes!

• In the spring there’s nothing like a Strawberry Rhubarb Pie that’s perfectly sweet and tart! The ultimate combo.
• Looking for an easy no-bake dessert? Strawberry Lemonade Pie is so refreshing and delicious on a hot summer day!
• Rhubarb Pie is the quintessential welcome to spring dessert! My mouth is watering just thinking about this pie!

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