Easy Strawberry Cream Pie

By garry53

Ingredients

• 1-1/3 cups cookie or cracker crumbs (graham, chocolate wafer or gingersnap)
• 6 Tbsp. sugar, divided
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1 pkg. (16 oz.) frozen whole strawberries, thawed
• 4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
• 2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, divided
• 1-1/4 cups sliced fresh strawberries

Preparation

Step 1

HEAT oven to 350ºF.

MIX crumbs, 2 Tbsp. sugar and butter until blended; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate. Bake 10 min.; cool.

USE pulsing action to process whole strawberries and remaining sugar in food processor just until berries are finely chopped. Add cream cheese; process just until blended. Spoon into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes; stir 2 min. Gently stir in 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP; spoon into crust.

REFRIGERATE 2 hours or until firm. Garnish with remaining COOL WHIP and sliced strawberries just before serving.