After I showed you this picture of the strawberry pies that Kelli and I made when Ragbrai (the bicycle tour across Iowa) through, I got a few questions.
One comment was that the person had never heard of a baked strawberry pie. Â Most pies that are strawberry usually are not baked. Â There are glazed strawberry and also jello strawberry pies. Â For us, we did baked strawberry and I think it’s really good.
Another reader asked for the recipe.
This is my recipe. Â Long ago I used to clip recipes out of the newspaper Iowa Farmer Today. Â They always had awesome recipes. Â At the time I clipped it I was really trying to learn to make pie. Â I kept all the recipes in a three ring binder. Â This particular recipe got used so much I started keeping it in the outer clear sleeve and that’s where it has stayed.
Well the ironic thing about the recipe is that the magazine was doing a spread on a lady who makes pies for Ragbrai…and this is the recipe I used to make pie for Ragbrai this year.
Here’s a close up of the recipe. Â It says Rhubarb pie but I substitute any and everything with it. Â I’ve made it with pears….blueberries…half of one fruit and half of another. Â It turns out every time. Â Sometimes I leave out the cinnamon. Â In this case for strawberry pie I did leave it out.
Baked strawberry pie is really good so if you haven’t, give it a try. Â We all like it at our house.
I would really appreciate a tutorial on pie crusts! I tried to find it in the archives but could not.
I’ll take pictures and do a post next time I make pie.
We also love strawberry rhubarb pie at our house. . usually make it early in the summer so the friut and rhubarb are fresh….I’m sure yours were wonderful and such a lovely donation
They were very much appreciated!!! Your pies were awesome!! Thanks a million!
Thank you so much for the recipe. Your pies look so delicious my mouth waters just to look at the picture!
my fruit pies are always way too juicy – do you have any recommendations on how to make so the pie crust is not a wet mess – and how to thicken the pie enough so it doesn’t do this?
A cobbler made with strawberries is very good also. Your pies look awesome!
I had just made my first completely strawberry pie and I loved it, when I saw your post. I don’t know why we never had one before as we always had strawberries in the freezer. YUM!
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What size of tapioca do you use in your rhubarb pie? I saw it at a general store but they had different sizes of “fish eggs” (that’s what we called tapioca as kids). Your pies look amazing! Thanks for sharing.
it’s the quick tapioca.
Jo — I can’t read the amount of salt and cinnamon. Is it 1/2 or 1/4 tsp.?
1/8 is the amount of salt and cinnamon.