Lauren's Strawberry Pie

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 prepared 9-inch pie crust, baked
• 2 pints strawberries, divided
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon red food coloring
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 pint whipping cream
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 prepare and bake pie shell, cool.
• 2 topping.
• 3 wash and halve strawberries.
• 4 whisk together the sugar, cornstarch and salt in a large saucepan.
• 5 add the water and stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
• 6 add half the strawberries, stir over medium high heat until thick.
• 7 remove from heat, stir in lemon juice, food coloring and remaining strawberry halves.
• 8 cool completely before putting on top of cream filling in pie shell.
• 9 cream filling.
• 10 while strawberry filling cools, whip the whipping cream.
• 11 in separate bowl, beat together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and salt.
• 12 fold in the whipped cream. spread in the bottom of the cooled pie shell.
• 13 once the strawberry filling has cooled, gently put it on top of the cream filling.
• 14 serve cold.