Sky High Strawberry Pie

This is a fresh strawberry pie recipe that doesn't involve using the oven. :) It's great for the summertime! Recipe makes 2 regular sized pies in graham cracker crusts or use only 3 quarts of strawberries and use a pre-baked pie shell.

Ingredients:
4 quarts
1 1/2 C Sugar
6 Tbsp Corn Starch
2/3 C water
2 Graham Cracker crusts
2 Containers of Cool Whip

Wash, core, & slice strawberries. I promise this is the only part that requires any real work! ;)

Of the strawberries, mash 3 cups strawberries with fork or potatoe masher or like me, use a food processor and pulse until it's to the above consistency; not pureed, but coursely mashed.

Combine corn starch & sugar in a medium sauce pan. Stir in mashed berries and water. Mix well and bring to a boil over medium heat.

STIR constanctly and cook for 2 minutes.

Mixture should thicken and be almost jelly like. Remove immediately from heat and if you desire add red food coloring. (I did not)
Pour mixture in bowel and chill.

Have your pie shells handy and fold berry mixture into remaining strawberries.

Pour into remaining pie shells. Chill 2-4 hours.

Top with Cool Whip before serving! Enjoy!

Tiramisu

This is a piece of my very first tiramisu! I was very happy the way it turned out. I made homemade pound cake for the layers instead of using ladyfingers. Yum.

Here's Anna licking the whipping cream bowl. I think she approved.

Grandma Kaye's German Chocolate Frosting

I made this for my mother-in-law for her Birthday today. I used her recipe. It's the best german chocolate frosting in the entire world. I guarantee when you make it you'll be licking the bowl and will loose all self-control. So good.

After having this, you'll never settle for the store-boughten can of german chocolate frosting. This is something amazing for your taste buds!

Here's the frosting family recipe...

1 cup Evaporated Milk

1 cup white sugar

3 egg yolks

1/2 cup butter

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/3 cup flaked coconut

1 cup chopped pecans

1 cup mini chocolate chips (or shave a Hersey bar for garnish)

Combine the first 5 ingredients in a sauce pan and cook over medium heat. You will need to stir and stay with it the whole time. Cook until it starts to boil about 12 minutes.

Remove from heat add flaked coconut & pecans. (Mama Kaye says chopped walnuts are great too!) Spread over cake and sprinkle with chocolate chips. Enjoy. And I'm sure you will!