Frozen Pie

You have to run and make this tonight or at least tomorrow!! It is by far one of my favorite pies!! It makes two so you can make one for your family and one to share with your neighbor {but I guarantee you won't want to give it away} or you can freeze it to enjoy later! It comes from one of my favorite cooking blogs ~ Taste of Joy.

2 deep dish pie shells ~ baked and cooled as directed
3/4 stick butter
7 oz. coconut
1 c. chopped nuts of your choice ~ I used pecans
1 can sweetened condensed milk
16 oz. cool whip
8 oz. cream cheese ~ softened
1 jar caramel ice cream topping

In a skillet melt butter, add and brown coconut and nuts. Set aside. In a bowl mix remaining ingredients, except caramel. On each pie crust add 1/4 of cream cheese mixture, then 1/4 of nut and coconut mixture, and half of the jar of the caramel sauce. Repeat first two layers and freeze. I did drizzle just little caramel on top. Freeze. Thaw slightly before serving. Ok...now hurry and go make it!!

Strawberry Cream Pie

This recipe and picture come from Jonna at "Get Off Your Butt & Bake". It was so easy and yummy. My family just gobbled it all up!!

Graham cracker crust: ~ {you could also use a pre-made crust}.

1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs (1 pkg crushed)

1/4 cup granulated sugar

5 Tablespoons melted margarine or butter

Mix above ingredients together. Using the back of a large spoon, press crumb mixture firmly on bottom and up sides of a 9 inch pie plate. Bake crust at 350 degrees for 6 to 8 minutes, or until light golden brown. Cool then fill.

Cream Mixture:

1 small pkg Cream Cheese (3 1/2 oz.)

1 1/4 cups powdered sugar

1 cup Cool Whip (I buy a small cool whip, you will use the rest for the top of pie) ~ {I doubled the recipe so I had a really full pie}

Beat cream cheese with hand mixer, until smooth. Blend in Powdered sugar until smooth. Blend in the cool Whip. Fill Cooled Pie shell with Cream Mixture on bottom and almost to the top of crumb shell. Refrigerate while preparing berry mixture.

For the strawberry topping I just used cleaned and sliced strawberries and added it to the pre-made danish dessert mix, usually found over in the produce by the strawberries, but you can also use the Danish Dessert mix in the box ~ just prepare as directed on the back of the box.