Fresh Strawberry Pie

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There is nothing like a sweet slice of my 4-ingredient homemade fresh strawberry pie recipe, made with juicy strawberries and strawberry jello in a perfectly textured pie crust.

Fresh Strawberry Pie

If any of you have ever had the strawberry pie at Shoney’s or Big Boy restaurants, this is likely looking pretty darn familiar. As well it should because it is very similar to that pie, only better. Using my quick and easy mix in the pan pie crust, you can throw together this gorgeous pie quick as a wink!

You only need 4 ingredients to make my fresh strawberry pie recipe: strawberries, strawberry jello, cornstarch, and sugar. All it takes is a little patience and a little mixin’, and in no time at all your fresh strawberry pie will be ready to enjoy. I just can’t get enough of the flaky pie crust texture when it’s combined with the sweet-as-pie strawberry pie filling. This would be a beautiful dessert on any table, especially at family gatherings such as reunions, Mother’s Day, or cookouts!

I’m a pretty big fan of strawberry pies, which is evident by the number of different recipes I have on Southern Plate! Don’t forget to check out my strawberry jello pie and strawberry cream pie too.

Fresh Strawberry Pie Ingredients

Recipe Ingredients

  • Fresh strawberries
  • Strawberry gelatin powder (I use Jell-O)
  • Cornstarch
  • Sugar
  • Pie crust (cooked and cooled)

How to Make Fresh Strawberry Pie

Slice strawberries in half.

Rinse your strawberries, cut the tops off, and remove any bottoms that are on the un-pretty side.

Slice each strawberry in half.

Mix together jello, sugar, and cornstarch in saucepot.

In a saucepot, place your sugar, strawberry gelatin mix, and three heaping tablespoonfuls of cornstarch.

Stir that up.

Stir ingredients in saucepot over heat.

Add water and place the saucepot over medium to medium-high heat, stirring constantly.

Yes, this means you’re going to have to stand there for a minute. I like to take this time to close my eyes and have a little mental recollection session as I go over all of the thoughts I haven’t been able to complete on that particular day because they were interrupted by family members.

Continue cooking and stirring this until it becomes clear and translucent as you’ll see in the next photo.

Remove saucepot from heat and bring to room temperature.

Remove this strawberry mixture from the heat and allow it to cool to room temperature.

If you want to do this quicker, you can always fill a bowl with ice water and dip the bottom of your saucepan down in it while you stir. You can also stick it in the fridge for a little bit.

Layer strawberries in Homemade Pie Crust

Layer your sliced strawberries in the baked pie shell. Again, this is my homemade mix in the pan homemade pie crust, and it’s easy as…well, easy as pie, of course.

Yes, I’m corny sometimes but in this day and age, corny can be refreshing. Don’t you think?

Pour glaze over strawberries in pie crust.

When your liquid has cooled (room temperature is fine), pour it over the strawberries, making sure to cover them all.

Fresh Strawberry Pie

I couldn’t leave out this photo, either. Isn’t this a beautiful pie?

Fresh Strawberry Pie

I cover this and refrigerate it for several hours before serving.

In fact, it works beautifully if you make it the day before. Right before serving, you can top with dollops of whipped cream (here’s my homemade whipped cream recipe), if you like. Nothing wrong with gilding the lily!

Slice Of Fresh Strawberry Pie

This is my piece. But if you really want…

Dig Into Fresh Strawberry Pie

I’ll share. 🙂

Storage

For best results, eat your fresh strawberry pie within 24 hours. However, you can store pie leftovers, covered, in the fridge for up to 2 days.

Recipe Notes

  • For added flavor, add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract, and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to the strawberry glaze.
  • For a decadent dessert, serve your pie slices with whipped cream and a drizzle of chocolate sauce.

Recipe FAQs

What pie crust do you use?

You can purchase a ready-made pie shell or make my mix in the pan pie crust, which is what I did. It works out wonderfully with this pie! I wanted a bit thicker crust so I made a double and then had room to play with it a bit at the top edges and make it prettier.

How do you thicken strawberry pie filling?

The cornstarch acts as a thickening agent for this strawberry glaze, to make sure the filling isn’t runny.

You may also like these recipes with strawberries:

How To Make Strawberry Jam; No Cooking, No Canning!

Fresh Strawberry Muffins

Strawberry Bread With Pecans

Strawberry Cobbler Recipe by Mama

Cream Cheese Strawberry Cobbler

fresh strawberry pie

Fresh Strawberry Pie

There is nothing like a sweet slice of my 4-ingredient homemade fresh strawberry pie recipe, made with juicy strawberries and strawberry jello in a perfectly textured pie crust.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: pie, strawberry
Servings: 4
Calories: 40kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 tbsp strawberry gelatin mix
  • 1 pint fresh strawberries
  • 3 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 pie crust, cooked and cooled The recipe for my crust may be found here. I made a double recipe for a thicker, fluted crust.

Instructions

  • Combine the sugar, cornstarch, and dry gelatin mix in a saucepot and stir together. Add the water and cook over medium-high heat until thick and clear, stirring constantly to prevent scorching.
    1 cup sugar, 3 tbsp strawberry gelatin mix, 3 tbsp cornstarch, 1 cup water
  • Set this pie filling aside and let it cool.
  • Wash and hull strawberries, cut them in half, and then arrange them in the pie crust. When the filling is cool, pour it over the strawberries. Cover and chill the pie in the fridge until ready to serve. Serve with whipped cream. Think of me when you eat a piece :).
    1 pie crust, cooked and cooled, 1 pint fresh strawberries

Nutrition

Calories: 40kcal
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130 Comments

  1. oh dear. Not only will my Friday night NOW consist of this strawberry pie making but i clicked on that OTHER link, i’m also going to be making that lime pie one too!!

    chunkily yours, 🙂
    Amber

    (p.s.- i’d also like to point out that my previous plans this evening were to go country dancing, but am now JUST as excited to be doing this instead…I chalk this up to NOT being old but instead, excited about your blog!

  2. My in-laws just came back from Gulf Shores and brought us a huge pan of strawberries … now I know what to do with them!

  3. I made this already and it was a hit! I made two and shared with the in laws, who are having a pretty rough week. It really brightened their evening!

  4. Hi Christy!

    Thanks for this recipe… can’t wait to try it! I remember having wonderful strawberry pies as a youngster that had this wonderfully no-way-its-natural red gel for the filling. I tried it the other day and was in for a shock… it no longer tastes good! It was very chemically (is that a word?) tasting. *very disappointed face* SO.. now I GOTTA try yours!

    Keep up the good work girl! I love having emails appear from you in my inbox…

    J

  5. I have a similar recipe except it uses 7-up and a whole box of jello! Mmmm! I have used sugar free jello with great success (of course, I’m using the whole box so there is no measuring involved). My favorite dessert!

  6. I am soo happy to see this post Christy. I love this pie and lost my recipe for it a long time ago. I’m pretty sure I made it with sugar free jello and it turned out. But I haven’t made this pie in probably four or five years so it’s hard to remember.

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