Strawberry Pie

My dad is famous in our family for making delicious strawberry pie.  I love strawberry pie.  We have a grocery store nearby called California Farmers Market.  Every time I shop there I can't help but ask myself does this store even at all remind me of California?  Not really, but it is cool to buy produce grown in California.  One of my favorite finds at this store are the strawberries.  New York City is not known for good produce, in fact it is difficult to find certain produce that tastes good, one of those items is strawberry's.  California Farmers Market has the ripest sweetest strawberries.  I bought the strawberries and made my daughters promise, cross their heart and hope to die promise, they would not eat any of these strawberries.  Thankfully they didn't eat the strawberries, and I made a pie with them. My pie is not like my dad's.  I made the crust using my graham cracker recipe that I already shared with you, and I didn't use Junket filling like my dad.  I made my own.  I brought the pie I made to my husbands work and everyone loved it, so I figure that means it is blog worthy.

 I love the glistening strawberry's and yes the crust was so very yummy.

Ingredients for Graham Cracker Crust:

1 1/2 cups Oat Flour
1 1/2 cups Spelt Flour
2/3 cup Coconut Oil
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Sea Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 tablespoon Molasses
3 tablespoons Raw Honey
2/3 cup Turbinado Sugar

 Preheat Oven to 350 Fahrenheit.

 Mix dry ingredients in a bowl: flours, cinnamon, turbinado sugar, sea salt, and baking soda.

 Add coconut oil, molasses, and honey.  Using your hands mix together until combined.

Press dough into a 9 inch by 2 inch tart pan.  I use a tart pan because it is easier to cut and serve the pie slices.  Freeze pie crust for 15 minutes.

Bake pie crust for 10 minutes.

Ingredients for Strawberry Pie:

4 lbs. Strawberry's
1/2 cup Cane Sugar
1 1/2 cups Water
1/2 cup Tapioca Flour
1 Pre-baked Graham Cracker Crust

Clean 1 lb. of strawberry's.  Remove green stems and put in a small sauce pan with water and sugar.  

Cook over a medium flame until boiling.

Reduce heat and simmer for five minutes.

Remove pan from heat and using a potato masher, mash the strawberry's.

Strain the strawberry's into a bowl and return strained strawberry juice to small saucepan.

Cook strawberry juice over medium heat.

Slowly sprinkle in tapioca flour while whisking.

After adding all the flour turn of heat.

Clean remaining 3 lbs. of strawberry's, remove stems and cut in half.

Place strawberry's in pie crust.

Pour strawberry filling over fruit.  

Allow pie to cool and refrigerate for at least an hour before serving

Enjoy!

Strawberry Pie

Printable Recipe Found Here

Ingredients for Graham Cracker Crust:

1 1/2 cups Oat Flour
1 1/2 cups Spelt Flour
2/3 cup Coconut Oil
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Sea Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 tablespoon Molasses
3 tablespoons Raw Honey
2/3 cup Turbinado Sugar

Preheat Oven to 350 Fahrenheit.

Mix dry ingredients in a bowl: flours, cinnamon, turbinado sugar, sea salt, and baking soda.

Add coconut oil, molasses, and honey.  Using your hands mix together until combined.

Press dough into a 9 inch by 2 inch tart pan.  I use a tart pan because it is easier to cut and serve the pie slices.  Freeze pie crust for 15 minutes.

Bake pie crust for 10 minutes.

Ingredients for Strawberry Pie:

4 lbs. Strawberry's

1/2 cup Cane Sugar

1 1/2 cups Water

1/2 cup Tapioca Flour

1 Pre-baked Graham Cracker Crust

Clean 1 lb. of strawberry's, remove green stems and put in a small sauce pan with water and sugar.  

Cooker a medium flame until boiling.

Reduce heat and simmer for five minutes.

Remove pan from heat and using a potato masher, mash the strawberry's.

Strain the strawberry's into a bowl and return strained strawberry juice to small saucepan.

Cook strawberry juice over medium heat.

Slowly sprinkle in tapioca flour while whisking.

After adding all the flour turn of heat.

Clean remaining 3 lbs. of strawberry's, remove stems and cut in half.

Place strawberry's in pie crust.

Pour strawberry filling over fruit.  

Allow pie to cool and refrigerate for at least an hour before serving.

Enjoy!