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    Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie

    June 12, 2017 Updated July 21, 2019 BySam 262 Comments

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    Strawberry Cream cheese pie

    A simple homemade strawberry cream cheese pie made with an easy graham cracker crust, a sweet cream cheese layer, and topped with fresh strawberries.  This pie uses no Jello, gelatin, or artificial add-ins, and a quick strawberry sauce serves as a sweet glaze for the berries.

    A sweet, simple, strawberry cream cheese pie || Sugar Spun Run

    When it comes to sweets, it’s pretty well-known in my household that I have a complete and utter lack of restraint.  Cookies, cakes, and pies (particularly strawberry cream cheese pies) need to be removed from the premises posthaste, or else it’s just a matter of time before I no longer fit through our doorways.  Zach must take care to monitor the ice cream in our freezer closely, otherwise I’ll whittle it down to nothing, one sneaking spoonful at a time (he’s actually really bad at this, there’s a carton of ice cream in our freezer with a single spoonful of chocolate ice cream left because I’ve eaten nearly all of it).

    But my inability to control myself is possibly most evident during strawberry picking season.

    Because when it comes to strawberry picking, I just cannot stop myself.  I will pick, and pick, and pick (and maybe sample a few, for, you know, quality control) until my arms are aching from the weight of my berries.  Zach and I brought home more berries than two people can be realistically expected to eat in a year, but within a week we’d worked our way through all of them — mostly courtesy of this Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie.

    Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie || Sugar Spun Run

    Strawberry picking is a tradition with Zach’s family that I’m grateful to have been absorbed into, and each year for the past three years I’ve shared a strawberry dessert with you.  First it was my Strawberries & cream daiquiris (I know, the photos could use a re-shoot), my homemade strawberry pop-tarts last year, and now this strawberry cream cheese pie.

    Originally this year’s recipe was going to just be a plain Strawberry Pie, but when Zach’s mom mentioned that she’d had one before with a layer of cream cheese, I made the quick decision to re-route, and a fluffy layer of whipped cream cheese filling was the first thing to go into my homemade graham cracker crust.

    It’s just four ingredients, and actually served as the inspiration for my no-bake cheesecake, which I shared with you last week.

    Whipped cream cheese layer for strawberry cream cheese pie || Sugar Spun Run

    We are using no Jello or gelatin in this strawberry cream cheese pie — no artificial flavors, just the pure juicy taste of fresh berries.  However, that means that we have to get to work making a simple strawberry sauce, and while this pie is no-bake, you will have to whip out a saucepan for that — don’t worry, it will only take a few minutes.

    We’re going to cook the berries with some sugar, lemon juice, and cornstarch (a thickener), releasing the fresh juice of the berries and reducing the amount of liquid for a strawberry sauce that we will toss even more fresh strawberries into.  Allow it to cool completely (once it’s finished cooking I usually pour the jam into a new heatproof container, that seems to speed up the process a bit since you don’t have to wait for the pan to come back down to temperature) and then stir in your berries.

    Homemade strawberry jam for strawberry cream cheese pie || Sugar Spun Run

    Refreshing slice of strawberry cream cheese pie

    And that’s it!

    Super simple, isn’t it?

    Enjoy!

    I used some of these strawberries to make a strawberry icebox cheesecake, that I shared over on TheSpruce.com, make sure you check that out, too! 🙂 

    Refreshing slice of strawberry cream cheese pie

    Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie

    A simple homemade strawberry cream cheese pie made with an easy graham cracker crust, a sweet cream cheese layer, and topped with fresh strawberries in a homemade jam glaze.
    5 from 98 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 30 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Servings: 8 slices
    Calories: 515kcal
    Author: Sam Merritt

    Ingredients

    • 1 9-10" graham cracker crust prepared (click on link)

    Strawberry topping

    • 5-6 cups quartered strawberries, stems removed divided (840g)
    • ½ cup sugar (100g)
    • 2 Tbsp cornstarch
    • 1 Tbsp lemon juice

    Cream Cheese Layer

    • 8 oz cream cheese softened (225g
    • ½ cup powdered sugar (65g)
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 cup heavy cream (235ml)
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    Instructions

    • In small saucepan, combine 2 cups strawberries (280g), sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice over medium-low heat.
    • Stir frequently until strawberries release their juices.
    • Use a potato masher to crush the strawberries until mostly liquid (it's fine if small pieces are remaining).
    • Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
    • Boil (still stirring constantly) for 1 minutes and remove from heat, place in new heat proof container to cool faster.  Set aside while you prepare your cream cheese layer
    • In a medium-sized bowl, beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until combined.  
    • In a separate, clean bowl, beat 1 cup heavy cream to stiff peaks
    • Fold into cream cheese mixture -- the resulting mixture will be thick and fluffy.
    • Spread evenly into prepared graham cracker crust and place in refrigerator while your strawberry mixture continues to cool.
    • Once strawberry mixture has cooled completely, add remaining srawberries and stir well. 
    • Pour over cream cheese layer, piling/mounding strawberries towards the center.
    • Return to refrigerator and allow to set at least 4 hours (preferably overnight) before slicing and serving.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1slice | Calories: 515kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 23mg | Potassium: 194mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 94IU | Vitamin C: 61mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 6mg

    Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.

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    1. Mehjabeen

      December 07, 2022 at 10:57 am

      Hi i was thinking if this is somewhat a cheesecake or entirely different

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      • Emily @ Sugar Spun Run

        December 08, 2022 at 8:34 am

        Hi Mehjabeen! It’s similar to a no-bake cheesecake 🙂

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