Strawberry Pie (kind of like Big Boy's)
Category: Desserts - Pie

Suitable for a: vegan diet


Ingredients:
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1 9" baked vegan pie crust
1 1/2 pints of strawberries, washed & sliced up
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
2 1/2 tbsp. of tapioca starch
Vegan whipped cream (1-2 cups worth)


Instructions:
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In a medium saucepan combine the water, sugar, and tapioca starch. Over medium heat cook until it gets nice and thick. (It will be slightly milky looking). Stir in the strawberries until evenly coated in the "gel". Pour the strawberries into the pie crust and smooth out. Let set up in the fridge for about an hour before eating.

Serve slices with your choice of vegan whipped cream.


Additional comments:
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*To make the glaze red, you could add a few drops of food coloring, but we're on a no food color crusade around here.

*We used hip whip and it was ok, but next time I will make a from scratch whipped cream.

*We used Mrs. Smith pie crusts. It had vegetable shortening in it, which of course adding a negligible amount of trans fat. I'm still on the hunt for the perfect vegan pie crust (with no hydrogenated ingredients), but this one was very good and had the smallest amount of trans fat listed (0g) of the ones at my store.