Sweet Strawberry Pie With Homemade Whipped Cream Topping Recipes

Steps:

• In a chilled small glass bowl and using chilled beaters, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until soft peaks form. Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and sugar until well blended. Press into a 9-inch pie plate. Bake at 375°F for 10 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool completely. Lower oven temperature to 325°F. Place strawberries and orange juice in a blender or food processor and blend until mixture reaches a smooth consistency. Run mixture through a sieve into a 1/2 cup measure, scraping the seeds from the bottom to allow the juice to run through. In a medium bowl, mix the condensed milk, egg yolks, and strawberry mixture together until combined. Pour mixture into prepared graham-cracker crust. Place in oven and bake at 325°F for 18 to 20 minutes, until set but center still jiggles when pie is jostled. Allow to cool completely. Meanwhile, chill a bowl of a stand-mixer by either placing in the freezer or filling with ice water for a few minutes. Attach whisk attachment to mixer. Clean out bowl and add 2 cups chilled whipping cream, 3 tablespoon sugar, and vanilla. Beat mixture at high speed until it thickens and soft peaks form, about 1 to 3 minutes. Using a large spreader, spread whipped cream onto the top of the cooled pie to desired thickness.

Steps:

• Place a small bowl and mixer beaters in the freezer for about 5 minutes.
• Pour cream into the chilled bowl and beat with an electric mixer until frothy. Add sugar and vanilla extract gradually, continuing to beat until soft peaks form.

Steps:

• Roll out dough 1/8 inch thick on a lightly-floured surface; fit it into a 10 inch glass pie plate, crimping edge decoratively.
• Chill for 30 minutes.
• Prick pastry lightly with a fork, line with foil and weight with dry beans or pie weights.
• Preheat oven to 375F and bake crust for 10 minutes, remove beans and foil, sprinkle bottom with almonds, and bake 10-12 minutes more, or until almonds are golden.
• Let cool.
• Hull and slice 1 pint of the strawberries and in a saucepan, combine them with ¼ cup water and sugar.
• Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved, and simmer 3 minutes.
• In a small bowl, stir together cornstarch and ¾ cup water, add to cooked strawberries and bring to a boil.
• Simmer, stirring, for 3-5 minutes, or until thickened, and stir in lemon juice.
• Hull remaining 1 ½ pints strawberries, arrange in pie shell, and pour cooked strawberry mixture over.
• Chill pie for 3-4 hours or until set.
• In a chilled bowl, beat cream, vanilla extract and icing sugar until it holds soft peaks and serve with pie.

Steps:

• Chill bowl and beaters in the freezer for at least 5 minutes.
• Whip cream until soft peaks form.
• Add sugar and vanilla.
• Whip mixture until stiff peaks form.
• Recipe makes enough to cover a 9" pie.