Strawberry Cream Pie

Ingredients

One Pillsbury crust

Filling

4 oz. cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped

roughly 3 cups whole strawberries, stems removed

1/2 cup blueberries, optional

Glaze

1 cup pureed strawberries (from about 1 cup strawberries)

1 cup sugar

2 tbsp cornstarch

1/3 cup water

1/4 tsp vanilla

Instructions

1. Bake pie crust in a 9 inch pie pan according to package. Set aside to cool.

2. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla together in a medium sized bowl until smooth. Stir in whipped cream.

3. Pour filling into pie crust.

4. Add 1/3 cup water to pureed strawberries.

5. Combine sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan. Stir in strawberry puree.

6. Cook over medium heat, stir constantly until mixture thickens and come to a boil, about 15 to 20 minutes.

7. Allow to boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat.

8. Stir in vanilla extract and allow to cool for about 10 minutes.

9. While glaze cools, place blueberries (if using) and whole, de-stemmed strawberries on top of the cream.

10. Pour slightly cooked glaze over top of strawberries and blueberries.

11. Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.

recipe from lifeloveandsugar.com