Strawberry Cream Pie With Graham Crust - cooking recipe

Ingredients

CRUST
1 cup crushed graham cracker
1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
1/4 cup sugar
FILLING
1 quart fresh strawberries, washed and hulled
1 cup sugar
1 (3 ounce) envelope strawberry gelatin
1/2 pint heavy whipping cream (liquid)

Preparation

CRUST:
Combine ingredients and press into a glass pie dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes. Let cool.
FILLING:
Chop 1 cup of the strawberries. Cut remaining strawberries into halves and set aside.
Combine the 1 cup sugar and gelatinin a 2-quart saucepan. Gradually add 1 cup water (DON'T add water amounts on back of jello box!) and stir until smooth. Add chopped strawberries. Cook until sugar and gelatin are dissolved.
Remove from heat and cool until slightly thickened.
Add remaining strawberries to gelatine mixture and pour into the cooled pie crust.
Make the whipped cream: beat the cream until soft peaks form, then gradually add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form Spread over pie.
Chill until firm, about 3 hours.