No, really. This strawberry pie really was super-easy.
If you ever find yourself with too many strawberries (there is such a thing as too many strawberries), this is a great recipe with very few ingredients (especially if you cheat like us!).
Ingredients:
1 (9 inch) pie (baked) - we used a store-bought graham cracker crust
4 cups (or a bit more) of strawberries, sliced pretty thinly (we probably used at least 5 cups)
3/4 cup white sugar
3 tbs corn starch
1/2 cup water
a few graham crackers, smashed
Directions:
Wash, core and slice strawberries
1 cup set aside and mash
Line the crust with the other 3 (or so) cups of fresh strawberries
In medium saucepan, combine sugar, strawberries, corn starch and water and cook over medium heat, mixing CONSTANTLY. This is very important - if you slack, your mixture will stick to your pan like gum to a shoe. Cook for 4-5 minutes, until mixture gets very thick and jello-y. Let mixture cool a bit (until it's not steaming actively).
Pour your thickened mixture over fresh berries in the crust and spread evenly. Stick it in the fridge uncovered for one hour.
After an hour, the pie should be set. Sprinkle the top with crushed graham cracker and serve!
Please note this is a combined recipe from allrecipes.com and bakers who commented on the website with their own tips. The sprinkled graham crackers was our personal addition to this recipe :)
