Yadda May's Strawberry Pie

Submitted by mliss29

"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."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 946.0 ml fresh strawberries, trimmed
• 236.59 ml sugar
• 0.25 ml salt
• 29.58 ml flour
• 226.79 g 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.

 

[chia2160]

made for zwt4, this was a quick easy dessert. i also used 1/2 c sugar in the topping as my berries were ripe, and added 1/4 c sugar to the cream cheese mix. i used light cream cheese. i think this would be good in a graham cracker crust too.

 

[ranch-girl]

I made the strawberry filling with only 1/2 cup of sugar (and it was delicious), and then I added 1/4 cup sugar to the cream cheese part. I reduced the fat by using half cream cheese and half yogurt cheese plus I added a little sour cream and vanilla. I didn't put it in a pie shell, I just layered it as a parfait, and it was sooooo good! I'm sure it would be great as a pie too!