This Easy Strawberry and Cream Pie is your go to summer no bake dessert! It's full of fresh, sweet, ripe strawberries nestled in a creamy layer with a graham cracker crust!

Summer...

It's almost here.  Sweet summertime.  How about a lightened up pie to help celebrate it's arrival this month? 

Strawberries have just been outstanding the past couple of weeks.  This no bake Easy Strawberry and Cream Pie is the perfect way to serve them.

This recipe does call for a quick few minutes in the oven to set the crust, but you can make it entirely no bake if you skip this step or use a store bought premade graham cracker crust instead of making your own.

If you skip baking your homemade graham cracker crust, you might find the crust doesn't hold together as well as it would if you set it in the oven. But, the pie will still be delicious!

The "cream" layer is a combination of reduced fat cream cheese, some sugar, lemon juice and Cool Whip Free®.  The cream layer is then topped with fresh strawberries mixed in a store bought glaze.

Look for the glaze in the produce section by the strawberries of your grocers.  I used Marzetti® brand and that is what the nutritional information provided is calculated with.  Super easy and super delicious.

Make sure you cool your pie crust completely before filling it and refrigerate the completed pie for at least an hour before serving.

Easy Strawberry and Cream Pie, No bake pie recipe, strawberry and cream pie

Dessert

American

Yield: 10 servings

Author: Renee Paj

Easy Strawberry and Cream Pie

prep time: 10 Mcook time: 1 hourtotal time: 1 H & 10 M

This Easy Strawberry and Cream Pie is your go to summer dessert with fresh, sweet, ripe strawberries nestled in a creamy layer with a graham cracker crust!

ingredients:

For the crust

• 1 sleeve ( about 10 cracker sheets) graham crackers
• 2 TBSP granulated sugar
• 2 TBSP butter, melted
• 1 egg white

For the filling

• 8oz. package of 1/3 reduced fat cream cheese, at room temperature
• 2 TBSP (heaping) powdered sugar
• 1 TBSP fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup of Cool Whip Free®
• 2 cups of quartered or halved fresh strawberries
• 3.5 oz. container of glaze for strawberries ( I used Marzetti® brand)

instructions:

How to cook Easy Strawberry and Cream Pie

For the crust

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9" pie plate lightly with cooking spray. In a food processor, process the graham crackers into crumbs. Add in the 2 TBSP granulated sugar, melted butter and the egg white. Pulse a few times to combine ingredients.
2. Press mixture into prepared pie plate, on the bottom and up the sides. Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes to "set" the crust. 
3. Cool completely before filling.

For the filling

1. In large bowl, combine the reduced fat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and lemon juice with electric mixer until smooth. 
2. Fold in Cool Whip Free®. 
3. Spread over the baked and cooled crust. 
4. Top with the fresh strawberries, pressing them slightly into the cream layer. 
5. Top with the strawberry glaze. (You may not need to use the entire container) Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving, to allow the cream layer to firm up.
6. Keep leftovers refrigerated. 

Calories
111.68

Fat (grams)
4.14

Sat. Fat (grams)
2.25

Carbs (grams)
17.78

Fiber (grams)
0.96

Net carbs
16.82

Sugar (grams)
14.70

Protein (grams)
1.62

Sodium (milligrams)
49.00

Cholesterol (grams)
28.18

Nutritional Information provided is an estimate.

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More delicious no bake recipes made with fresh strawberries

• Strawberries Romanoff
• Frozen Strawberry Chocolate Yogurt Bark
• Fresh Strawberry Pretzel Dessert

Renee's Notes:

I made this over the weekend and it was a hit with my family. The strawberry glaze tends to be quite sweet, so I don't put much sugar in the cream layer, but you might need to adjust it to your liking. (of course, nutrition information may change if you do) This pie absolutely screams summer to me and it's just so pretty too!

I had hoped to have a nice, kicked back weekend after all the traveling we have been doing, but on Saturday morning, my MIL fell and broke her hip! So we spend a good chunk of the weekend in the hospital.

Good news is, she had successful surgery to repair and, hopefully, will have a short recovery time. She is 86 but a very strong woman. I am hoping her strength and her relatively good health will help her heal quickly. 

We did manage to get some yard work done yesterday afternoon after we left the hospital. Much needed! I trimmed all the shrubs in the front yard and we are planning on mulching next weekend...if the weather cooperates. I don't even have any annuals in yet...I feel so behind this year, but I guess with all the traveling we have been doing, I have an excuse. The weather hasn't been the most cooperative this year either.

So maybe I can look to next weekend for some kicked back time? (fingers crossed!)

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