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Cool & Easy Strawberry Pie with Homemade Graham Cracker Crust

09 Tuesday Apr 2013

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Cool & Easy Strawberry Pie with Homemade Graham Cracker Crust
Cool & Easy Strawberry Pie Filling
1- 3 oz. package strawberry flavored gelatin 
1- 8 oz. container of cool whip topping
2 cups of chopped strawberries
2/3 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
Ice cubes
Empty 3 oz. container of strawberry gelatin powder into a large bowl. Boil 2/3 cup water & add to gelatin. Stir gelatin powder until completely dissolved.
Then, take 1/2 cup cold water & add enough ice cubes to make 1 cup. Add to gelatin mix. Stir until gelatin is slightly thickened. Remove left-over ice cubes. 
Using a whisk, add in cool whip. Stir until strawberry gelatin & cool whip are thoroughly mixed. Then, stir in diced strawberries. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until mixture is thick & will mound into pie crust.

Homemade Graham Cracker Crust
1 1/3 cups crushed graham crackers
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup melted butter

Using a rolling pin, crush graham crackers until you have the desired amount. Place crushed graham crackers, brown sugar, & cinnamon in a medium sized bowl & stir well with fork, mixing dry ingredients thoroughly. Add in melted butter & stir until graham cracker mixture is completely coated in butter. Press into pie pan.

Add pie filling into pie crust. Refrigerate 6 hours or until firm. Add a dollop of cool whip & sliced strawberries (optional) to top of pie before serving. Enjoy! 🙂

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