I love strawberries. And I love cheesecake. So... for Easter, I baked a Strawberry Cheesecake Pie. And it was delicious!!!
This pie came together for a couple of reasons. First, my Mama told me that she was doing everything for Easter dinner except dessert. I was not heartbroken!! NOT!! I love to do the desserts and I was thrilled for her to do everything else!
Also, I had gorgeous strawberries in the frig that were begging to made into a delicious dessert... and I was craving something light and tart and yummy. So... a new pie was born. One with strawberries and a little lemon. And cream cheese.
I just have one thing to say about it... where has this pie been my whole life?
It was so creamy and sweet and a little tart and well... just perfect.
Well... maybe not totally perfect. You have to let it chill for several hours before eating it and that just stinks. Who wants to wait that long for a pie this delicious? Not me, for sure!!
Before I give you the recipe... there are a few things in life that (for me) are just always better homemade. Graham cracker crusts are one of those things. I always make mine homemade. If you've never done it before, try it. Trust me - it's so much better than those ones you get in the stores.
More Strawberry Recipes
- Strawberry Shortcake Cake
- Red Velvet Strawberry Shortcake Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Recipe
- Fresh Strawberry Tart
- Deviled Strawberries (Tiktok Recipe)
What about you? What's your favorite cheesecake, or cheesecake topping? Here's the printable recipe so you can try this pie:
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Strawberry Cheesecake Pie
- Total Time: 8 hours 25 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Ingredients
Crust Ingredients:
- 8 Graham Crackers, crushed
- 4 tablespoons of butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons of sugar
Filling Ingredients:
- 12 oz. cream cheese (1 ½ bricks), at room temperature
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- 2 eggs
Topping Ingredients:
- 8 oz. sour cream
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 pints fresh strawberries
- Powdered sugar (for dusting, optional)
Instructions
- For the crust, combine all ingredients and firmly press into a deep pie plate. I like to use the bottom of a measuring cup to really press the crust down firm. If you absolutely have to... you can skip this step and buy a pre-made graham cracker crust... but please don't!
- Once the pie crust is done, preheat oven to 350°. For the filling, combine the cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla and eggs. Mix until you have a smooth creamy texture. Pour into graham cracker crust and bake for 20-25 minutes, until center is almost set.
- While the filling is baking, combine the sour cream and sugar for the topping. Mix until smooth. Spread over the warm filling and cool on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes.
- Chill for at least 6 hours or overnight. Before serving, cut the tops off of the strawberries and place them upside down on the pie. Dust with confectioners sugar.
- Enjoy!!!
- Prep Time: 8 hours
- Cook Time: 25 mins
Do you have any questions about this recipe? Leave them in the comments and I'll do my best to help out!
basketpam
This sounds like a great new dessert to try. I think the only thing I would do differently would be I would slice the strawberries and arrange them artistically on top of the cheesecake part. They look wonderful the way you have them but that's a LOT of strawberry to try and get in your mouth with each bite. I think for the ones I bake for it would be easier if the berries were sliced. I can see your pie now with the big strawberries on them and some homemade whipped topping artistically piped onto the berries. With this pie you can just keep going and going.
There's one more thing I've been thinking about with your site. I LOVE that you have a recipe already typed, organized, and ready to go. There is just ONE little thing I wish I could change about your print feature. I wish when a recipe printed we could get a picture of the finished item. I SO often choose a recipe to make if I like the picture as opposed to something where I don't actually SEE the dish. I've often heard from many, many women that their first choice is always a cookbook with a lot of pictures. Makes us sound as if we're toddlers looking for books to read, we like the pictures better. Besides it just being an attraction to choose to make it I also like to see what the final dish is SUPPOSE to look like and if I achieved to match what is in front of me on that page. Something along the lines of what the Pioneer Woman does would be wonderful. I always choose to have a picture but I'm sure there are many who just print off smaller versions. In fact, on this and a few other sites that not only do they not have a picture that prints with a recipe, they have NO pre-printed choice at all and I must piece-meal a recipe on a page in word for my own use. I always make sure I include some sort of picture that shows me what the recipe is to turn out like if I do it.
I definitely enjoy reading all the interesting ideas and recipes you discover and test. Thanks for doing that work for us.
Rose
That's a great idea!! I'll make that change right now in my coding so you can print my recipes with photos! Thanks so much for your comment and thoughts! PS - it may not affect older recipes, but it should have a photo for all future recipes!
Gianna
It looks delicious!
Amy
I've made this several times ..Great recipe!