My Favorite Strawberry Pie

Strawberry Pie

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This is Total YUM
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It spells "SUMMER" with tastebuds of JOY
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My Easy Recipe For Strawberry Pie

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Baked Pie Shell (purchased or home-made)

1 Qt. strawberries

2/3 cup sugar

3 Tbl. cornstarch

1/2 cup water

4 oz. cream cheese

Red food coloring

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Cut up 1-1/2 cups fresh strawberries and cook with 1/2 cup water

about 2 minutes. Slice remaining strawberries in half.

Combine the sugar with the cornstarch and add to cooked berries.

Cook and stir until thick and bubbly.

Add a few drops red food coloring.

Stir and remove from heat.

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Spread softened cream cheese in cooled pie shell.

Line with half of the sliced berries,

pour cooked berries on top,

then decorate with more sliced berries.

Refrigerate. When cool, slice and serve with whipped cream.

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Let your tastebuds rejoice!

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The cream cheese is what makes this so delicious.

I am thinking I'll go have a piece for breakfast.

Oh the happy tasty color of red!

Dazzle the Cooking Diva

Don't you just hate it when you get up

on a Saturday morning and someone takes your photo

before you've had a chance to groom?

Well, someone has to make breakfast you know!
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First let's have a cup of tea.
... I'll put the kettle on ...

My friend Leo is visiting this weekend! He is so much FUN!

So I shall bake something special.-
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Mmmmmmmm...! Just smell the lovely aroma

of freshly baked delights!
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Yes. it seems to be done.
Would you like my recipe?
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It's really just a simple quiche.
What was that recipe? Let me think....
I just throw in a bit of this and a bit of that.
And bake it til the aroma is just so.
Time to eat!
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Dazzle the Cooking Diva

The Art of Eating Pie

I made an apple pie!

Why is this noteworthy? Blogworthy? (Is that a word?)

Because I can count on one finger how many

P I E S

I have made in the past 2 years.

So, of course I needed to photograph the event.

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Yumm.... so pretty even before the top crust.

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I finally purchased a wonderful tool

that was so inexpensive and fabulous

I don't know how I lived without one before.

An apple corer-peeler-slicer.

I think I will make more apple desserts now!

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And the pretty 'lattice top' crust?

A cut-out made with a wonderful tool that

cost $3.50 that I found at a tea shop.
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So, did the pie taste as good as it looks?

It could have been a bit sweeter.

But quite yummy with ice cream.

I thought my dear husband would be so thrilled

because he loves pie.

So I asked him,

"Is it wonderful? His reply, "It's good"

"But is it amazing?"

"It's good."

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(WRONG ANSWER!!!)

(no exclamation mark?!? ~ No raves?!?)

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After all these years you'd think he'd know

that if he ever wants me to make an apple pie again

he needs to be more enthusiastic!!!

sigh.