Yadda May's Strawberry Pie

mliss29's Note:

The strawberry filling was oh-so-good. Yadda May says, "The ladies at our quilting circle just throw a fit over this!" This is from The Treasury of White Trash Cooking. I wasn't wild about the plain cream cheese part, but then again, I didn't follow directions and add the milk. Who knows? I think maybe that layer could use a little sugar. I counted baking the crust as the cooking time. I use the rolled pie crusts in a box in the refrigerated section of the grocery store.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 quart fresh strawberries, trimmed
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• milk (for consistency)
• 1 pie crust, baked

Directions:

1. Over medium heat, cook berries, sugar, salt, and flour until thick.
2. Separately mix cream cheese with a bit of milk to soften the mixture.
3. Pour the cream cheese mixture into an already-baked pie shell.
4. Top with the cooked strawberry mixture.
5. Chill before serving.

Reviews

[Katzen]

This is one gorgeous pie!! I made the crust from scratch (like Mom taught me), and used frozen sliced strawberries, which worked perfectly. I also added 1/2 cup of the sugar to the cream cheese mixture, and 1/2 cup to the berries. Instead of flour, I used cornstarch (that's what Mom taught me!) I should have made it a few hours earlier, so it would set better, but even as it was, I had offers to lick the plate! Thanks so much for posting this, mliss! This will definately be made again! Made for Veggie Swap 23.

[PoketheYoke]

I also split the sugar between the strawberry mixture and the cream sheese. This was simply delicious! My husband loved every bite. I will definitely make this again.

[diner524]

I made this a little different than written, based on your comments and others' reviews. I added 1/2 of the sugar to the strawberries and 1/2 to the cream cheese and milk. Then followed as written. Not sure that I got the sauce as thick as it should be, but it didn't matter this was a wonderful fresh tasting pie. I liked that it was in a pie crust (not as sweet) rather than graham cracker crust. Made for Adopt A Tag Fall 08.