Strawberry Chiffonr Pie

Strawberry Chiffon Pie

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Prep Time: 40 minutes Ready In: 5 hours Yields: 8 servings

Cooking Method: Oven & Refrigerator

Ingredients:

For Pie:

• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1/3 cup cold water
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 Tbsp lemon juice
• dash of salt
• 2 1/2 cups fresh (NOT FROZEN) strawberries crushed, you can just place them in the blender to crush them. (about 1 1/2 cups after crushing
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream

For Crust:

• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cup finely crushed Graham crackers (1 pkg. of 18 crackers)

Directions:

1. In a small sauce pan stir in gelatin into cold water and let stand for 1 minutes. Add sugar, egg yolks, lemon juice, and salt.
2. Cook mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to boil; remove from heat.
3. Transfer gelatin mixture to a medium bowl; stir in crushed strawberries.
4. Cover and chill, stirring occasionally, until mixture mounds when spooned.
5. Meanwhile, to make the graham cracker crust, heat oven to 375 degrees; Stir butter and the sugar together. Add crushed graham crackers; toss to mix well.
6. Press evenly onto bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie plate.
7. Bake in oven for 4-5 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.
8. When strawberry mixture mounds when spooned, whip up the heavy whipping cream in a mixer until it forms soft peaks.
9. With a spatula, gently fold in the whipped cream into the strawberry mixture.
10. Pour into the cooled graham cracker crust.
11. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours.

Picture from BHG.com