Saturday morning at 6:30, I went with my Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle and Mom to pick strawberries by Sanborn, Iowa. We ate a great breakfast at a small town diner, and then got to the patch around 8. I picked one flat (11 lbs) for myself, and everyone else picked two. It was a beautiful morning to do it.

When we got home, my mom and I made strawberry jam. I made mine with no sugar. I came out with 9 jars. I also frozen 5 half pint containers for ice cream topping and sliced a little over four cups for two strawberry pies. Here is the recipe I used for the pies. They are also not sugar added. Instead of making my own crust, I used the philsbury roll out dough (which is extremely easy). The pies are extremely good.

Ingredients:
FILLING
1 pint strawberries (cleaned and stems removed)
2 cups water
1 large package sugar free strawberry Jello
1 tablespoon cornstarch

CRUST
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoon Equal Brand Sweetener for Recipes, or 6 packets Equal Brand Sweetener
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons cold margarine, cut into pieces
10-11 tablespoons ice water

Topping
Lite Cool Whip Non-Dairy Frozen Whipped Topping, thawed

Instructions:
For Filling:
Boil water and cornstarch until it begins to thicken. Add jello; dissolve. Pour over 1 pint strawberries in prebaked crust ( see crust recipe below). Cover top with Lite Cool Whip.

Crust:
Combine flour, Equal Sweetener and salt in bowl; cut in margarine with fork until mixture is crumbly. Mix in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing after each addition. Refrigerate until ready to use or well chilled.

To Bake Crust:
Bake pie crust at 375 degrees F. For partially baked pie shells, bake 10 to 12 minutes. For fully baked crusts, bake 15 to 18 minutes. Instead of using foil or beans to hold down the crust, use a foil pan that is the same size as the pie pan and place in the crust for the first 6 minutes. When crust begins to color around the edges, take the pan out and finish to desired brown-ness.

Fill baked, cooled crust with strawberry filling, and top pie with Lite Cool Whip.