This recipe for Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie combines cream cheese, Cool Whip, just a little lemon, and strawberries for a delightfully creamy pie your loved ones will love!
Once I was a child, Mother made this cream cheese pie on a regular basis. It was inexpensive, straightforward, and was the right complement to just about any meal.
Over time, I’ve made a number of twists on it – turning it into my Biscoff Cream Cheese Pie and now this model topped with a scrumptious strawberry topping!
What’s Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie?
Fairly merely, it’s a creamy, no-bake pie made with a filling of cream cheese, lemon juice, some frozen whipped topping (like Cool Whip), and powdered sugar. It’s all unfold right into a graham cracker crust – store-bought or home made. And it’s all topped with sliced contemporary strawberries which have been tossed in melted strawberry jam! How scrumptious does that sound?
Can I take advantage of a premade crust for Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie?
Sure siree, bob! You positive can! I’m no stranger to the comfort of utilizing a store-bought, pre-made graham cracker crust. In reality, I endorse it. If that’s what works for you, you completely purchase that pre-made crust, my buddy, and also you by no means give it a second thought.
If you wish to make a home made crust, I say go knock your self out! A home made crust goes to look extra, nicely… home made. And it’s in all probability going to style higher, too. I’ve even bought the right Selfmade Graham Cracker Crust recipe for you over achievers on the market.
Recipe and Ingredient FAQ
Cream Cheese: I’m normally large on utilizing generic staples like cream cheese, however I counsel utilizing the full-fat identify model cream cheese for this recipe because it’s such a giant a part of the flavour and texture of this recipe.
Will the low-fat/neufchâtel cream cheese work? Yep.
Can you utilize generic? Additionally yep.
Lemon Juice: This offers the filling just a little tartness and taste, so I like to recommend utilizing freshly squeezed lemon juice, however bottled will work in a pinch. In order for you much more lemon taste, you possibly can add some lemon zest to the filling, as nicely.
Powdered Sugar: This offers the filling some sweetness, however not an excessive amount of. I discover this dessert to be rather less candy. You could possibly definitely add extra powdered sugar to make it sweeter for those who’d like. In the event you don’t have powered sugar, you need to use about 1/4 cup of normal granulated sugar.
Whipped Topping: You recognize the stuff – the blue tub of hydrogenated deliciousness. 😁 Cool Whip is ideal for this recipe, however might be swapped for 3 cups of sweetened whipped cream.
Contemporary Strawberries: You’ll want about 1 pound or 16-ounces (by weight) or 1 dry pint of contemporary strawberries for this recipe. Wash, hull, and slice them. I’ve solely ever made this with contemporary strawberries, however I’d think about frozen may work, too.
Strawberry Jam/Jelly: For this recipe, I wish to toss the strawberries in melted AND COOLED strawberry jam or jelly. Both will work right here. It provides the berries just a little glossiness and helps with taste in case your berries are just a little bitter. It’s a very optionally available step, however I wouldn’t embrace it if I didn’t suppose it helped. Simply just be sure you soften the jam or jelly after which permit it to chill to room temperature (however nonetheless liquidy) earlier than including it to the strawberries.
Learn to make a Selfmade Graham Cracker Crust!
There’s one thing a couple of buttery, candy, and salty graham cracker crust that makes for the right vessel for nearly any pie. And whereas I’m definitely no stranger to the comfort of a pre-made crust, typically I wish to make a recipe just a little particular and make the crust, too.
How you can make a Graham Cracker Crust
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie
