Red, White & Cool {Recipe}

It's no secret. Holidays mean, food, food and more food! For this years July 4th dessert, I decided to whip up something new! This pie is quite different than any normal fruit pie. It's a fresh, chilled, fruit pie, and it is so good! Shoutout to my mom for helping me come up with the adorable name for this one! HI MOM!

Ingredients: (Yields 2 pies)

Crust

1 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

4 Tbsp. sugar

1½ cups flour
2 Tbsp. Cinnamon (optional)

Filling

2 c. water

2 c. sugar

6 Tbsp. cornstarch

1 (6 oz.) package strawberry jell-o

2 quarts strawberries, cleaned, and sliced

Instructions:

Crust

1. Mix butter, sugar, and flour and press into a greased pie plate. 
2. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes.
3. Let cool

Filling

1. Bring water, sugar, and cornstarch to a boil, constantly stirring, until thick and mostly clear.
2. Add strawberry Jell-O, mix well and let cool.
3. Mix in cold strawberries.
4. Pour into pie shell.
5. Store in refrigerator until set; serve with whipped cream.

This pie was a hit when dessert time rolled around this past weekend! I think my favorite part is knowing it can be made with any fruit/Jell-o combo. I can't wait to try out the recipe with a different fruit!

Hope you all enjoy!