Glazed Fresh Strawberry Pie? Yes, please!!
Mom has been making this strawberry pie recipe for as long as I can remember. As I stirred the glaze with her yesterday, I had flashbacks of all the times past I have done very same thing, with the very same pot & in the very same spot.
But this time we had an assistant who kept saying “can I help?” and “I can do it Granmog” ((I don’t know how Gracie started called mom ‘Granmog’. Gracie doesn’t yet know: ladies don’t like to be called anything that rhymes with ‘hog’ — but only Gracie can make it endearing.))
The original recipe comes from mom’s bicentennial cookbook:
Over the years, mom has adjusted Mrs. Myrtle Stonecipher’s recipe to fit our personal tastes.
We don’t use red food coloring, we ONLY use fresh strawberries & the most significant change: more glaze. Oh, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
The trick is to pour the 3 oz box of strawberry Jello ((mom only had a large box so we poured out the amount we needed and saved the rest for later)) into a clear measuring cup and then pour enough sugar in the cup to reach 1 & ½ c total. Then add 4 T of cornstarch & salt and stir dry ingredients to combine (we forgot the step of combining dry ingredients first. The cornstarch was a little harder to incorporate but it still turned out prefect).
Once the dry ingredients are combined, pour them in a medium saucepan, add water, place on the stove over medium heat and stir until glaze thickens & turns from opaque to translucent.
Once the glaze turns clear, it’s time to cool it down and add 1 t of vanilla. We carefully set the pan in a cool water bath. If you have time to let it cool to room temp without placing it in a water bath then just skip this step. (It needs to be cooled so it doesn’t scald the strawberries…that would be bad.)
Reserve about ¾ c of the glaze to pour over the top of the pie, add remaining glaze to the strawberries & pour into a pre-baked pie crust. Magic is happening right here…and the smell…If only I could bottle that smell – strawberry heaven.
Top with remaining glaze & refrigerate.
- 2 pints strawberries, washed & cut in half
- 1 3 oz box strawberry Jello
- pure cane sugar to combine with Jello, totaling 1 1/2 c
- 4 T cornstarch
- 1/4 t salt
- 1 1/2 c water
- 1 t vanilla
- 1 prepared 10" pie crust
- Add dry ingredients to a medium saucepan - stirring until combined. Add water & place saucepan on stove over medium heat. Stir continuously until glaze turns from opaque to translucent. Remove from stove & place saucepan in a cold water bath, bringing glaze to room temp. Add vanilla & stir to combine. Reserve 3/4 c of glaze for top of pie. Pour remaining glaze over strawberries, coating evenly. Pour strawberries into prepared 10" pie shell. Pour remaining glaze atop strawberries & refrigerate until ready to serve.
And we all lived happily ever after. The end.
Made this tonight and the whole family loved it!!! So perfect for summer!
That is great to hear! I thought it would go over well! Was it easy for you to make?
It really was. I haven’t seen my oldest eat that much fruit ever. I am going to make it again very soon.
See ya later! I’m off to buy strawberries!
Haha – let me know how you like it! 🙂