Old Fashioned Strawberry Pie

By jadair

Ingredients

• 1 sheet refrigerated pie pastry
• 1 3 oz pkg cook and serve vanilla pudding mix
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 3 oz pkg strawberry gelatin
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 4 cups sliced fresh strawberries
• 3 oz. reduced fat cream cheese
• 2 cups reduced fat whipped topping, divided
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 8 fresh strawberries

Preparation

Step 1

Unroll pastry and transfer to 9 inch pie plate. Line unpricked pastry with double thickness of heavy duty foil. Bake at 450 for 8 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 5-7 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.

In small saucepan, combine the pudding mix, water and lemon juice. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook and stir 1-2 minutes longer or until thickened. Remove from heat and set aside.

In large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Gradually stir in the pudding. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until thickened. Fold in sliced strawberries and transfer to crust.

In another bowl, beat the cream cheese, 1/2 cup whipped topping and vanilla until smooth. Fold in remaining whipped topping. Cut a small hole in the corner of a plastic bag. Fill with topping. Pipe topping around the edges of pie and garnish with whole strawberries. Refrigerate for at least an hour.