Easy Strawberry Pie

Ingredients

• 1 deep dish frozen pie crust
• 8 oz (1 package) cream cheese
• 1/2-3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp milk
• 2 lb strawberries, hulled and chopped into quarters
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 water
• 3 tbsp cornstarch

Directions

1. 1. Bake pie crust according to package directions and set aside to cool.
2. 2. Whip together cream cheese, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and milk. Taste and add remaining powdered sugar if desired. Pour into the bottom of the cooled pie crust.
3. 3. Add 1/2 cup of the strawberries to a medium-sized saucepan and mash. Add the sugar and cook until sugar begins to dissolve. In a separate bowl, combine water and corn starch. Add the cornstarch mixture to the sugar/strawberry mixture and cook over medium heat for about ten minutes, or until the mixture thickens and becomes translucent.
4. 4. Arrange the chopped strawberries over the cream cheese in the pie crust. Pour the thickened strawberry mixture over the top. Let sit in fridge for several hours or until cool and set.