Fresh Strawberry Pie

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups finely crushed vanilla wafers (about 42)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 8 cups hulled strawberries, divided (small works best)
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• whipped cream (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 combine cookie crumbs, sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla and butter and press into a 9-inch pie dish.
• 3 bake 10 minutes or until set and barely beginning to brown. let cool.
• 4 slice 2 cups strawberries.
• 5 combine strawberries with 2 tablespoons water in a saucepan and bring to a boil while mashing strawberries, cook 2 minutes.
• 6 push strawberries through a sieve with a spoon and discard any solids that remain.
• 7 measure juice and add water to equal 1 cup.
• 8 combine sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan. gradually whisk in strawberry juice and lemon juice. cook over med. heat until thickened. boil 1 minute remove from heat and stir in remaining vanilla.
• 9 place 1/3 of remaining berries in pie shell; drizzle with 1/3 of glaze.
• 10 repeat twice.
• 11 chill 2 hours or until set.
• 12 serve cold with whipped cream, if using.