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These Mini Strawberry Pies are a must make for Memorial Day, Father's Day or summer cookout.

Mini Strawberry Pie Recipe

These Mini Strawberry Pies are a must make for Memorial Day, Father's Day or summer cookout.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword dessert for a cookout, Desserts, desserts made with strawberries, mini pies, strawberry dessert, strawberry pie
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 2 mini pies
Calories 400 kcal
Author Quinn Caudill

Ingredients

  • 1 package Pepperidge Farm® puff pastry, 2 sheets

Glaze:

  • 3 (16 oz) containers fresh strawberries, divided
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 1/2 tbsp. cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tsp. Rodelle Vanilla

Filling:

  • 2 oz Philadelphia 1/3 less fat cream cheese
  • 2 oz plain non-fat Greek yogurt
  • Cool whip or fresh whipped cream

Instructions

  1. Thaw puff pastry according to package directions.
  2. Preheat oven to 350° F.
  3. Unfold one pastry sheet on large cutting board or clean counter top. Press together any seams or broken areas. (TIP: Keep the second sheet in the fridge until ready to use).

  4. Lightly grease a regular size muffin tin.
  5. Cut dough into eight circles using a 3 1/3 inch round cookie cutter.
  6. You should get six out of the first cut.
  7. Piece together remaining dough and press together. Cut remaining two rounds.
  8. Press rounds into muffin tin.
  9. Lightly grease the bottom of a second muffin pan.
  10. Place second muffin tin on top of pastry rounds to secure and form pie crusts. (Tip: You might need to weigh down the top muffin tin to keep the pastry from rising too much and retain the pie shell shape. I used ramekins).

  11. Repeat with remaining puff pastry sheet.
  12. Bake for 16-18 minutes until golden browned and cooked through.
  13. Remove from oven and cool completely.
  14. While pie crusts cooks and cools, make the glaze.

Glaze:

  1. Clean and hull strawberries.
  2. Cut into small slices.
  3. Remove 2/3 cup strawberries and mash for the glaze.

  4. In a medium saucepan, stir together sugar and cornstarch.
  5. Slowly whisk in 1/2 cup water, vanilla and mashed strawberries.
  6. Bring to boil, over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens.
  7. If you have trouble blending the mixture use an immersion blender as mixture comes to boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.

Filling:

  1. In a medium bowl add cream cheese, yogurt, and 3 tablespoons of glaze mixture.
  2. Beat with hand mixer until smooth.
  3. Combine remaining glaze and strawberries.

Now Put It All Together:

  1. Fill each mini pie crust with 1 teaspoon of filling.
  2. Top with 1 1/2 tablespoon of strawberry glaze.
  3. Chill mini strawberry pies in refrigerator 2-4 hours until set.

Recipe Notes

-Can be made a day ahead.
-When ready to serve top with whipped cream or cool whip.
-The Puff Pastry is still very flaky even though it is compressed. This is what makes this recipe special.
-Could also be made with ready-made pie crust.

-Recipe adapted from:
-Filling: Strawberry Shortbread Pie Driscolls.com
-Pie Crust: Anne Burrell Mini Bacon Mushroom Pies Foodnetwork.com

-First published by Quinn Caudill for dadwhats4dinner.com © May 2016 Revised © June 2018