Secret Strawberry Pie by randyd

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Secret Strawberry Pie
Submitted by randyd on April 05, 2006 at 5:21 pm

DESCRIPTION
Secret Strawberry pie

SUMMARY
Yield 0 File under Pies

INSTRUCTIONS
Notice the amount of sugar in this single crust. That is what makes this a perfect combination for this pie.

1 each baked 9-inch pie shell (recipe follows)
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoon cornstarch
3 oz (1 pk) Strawberry Jello
1 quart fresh whole strawberries
1 1/4 cup water

Clean and hull strawberries and slice strawberries.
Mix water, sugar Jell-O and cornstarch in saucepan until stirring constantly over Medium-High heat until a good boil, and then boil for 8 more minutes.
Pour over sliced strawberries in pre baked pie shell.

1 1/4 cups(6.3 oz) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
4 tbsp. butter, chilled, cut into ? inch pieces
3 tbsp. Crisco, chilled
4-5 tablespoons ice water (2.3 oz water)

Weigh the flour in the mixer bowl. Add salt and sugar. With the paddle, run on stir speed while you measure out 3 tablespoons of Zero Trans fat Crisco. Stop mixer and add Crisco to mixer bowl. Place mixer bowl with paddle in freezer while you make a large glass of icewater and cut the butter into tablespoon pats.
Remove bowl from freezer add the butter. Bump the mixture once or twice on stir speed then switch to stir speed stop when butter lumps are pea to lima bean size. Add ice water. Run on stir speed until the dough clumps around the paddle. Its done. Meanwhile, adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 375?. Press doubled 12 in. squares of aluminum foil inside the shell and add weight. Bake for 15-minute remove from oven then carefully remove foil. Return to oven to continue baking until golden brown, about 15 minutes more.

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