Recipe: Summer Berry Pie

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Summer Berry Pie
Newsgroup posting by: Nancy C. Shour (7-3-95)
Recipe by: Jell-O Ad

4 cups berries
3/4 cup sugar
3 tbsp. cornstarch
1 1/2 cup water
1 small pkg Strawberry Jell-O
1 (9-inch) baked pie shell -- cooled
1(8 oz.) container Cool Whip, thawed (for topping)

Mix berries in a large bowl and pour into pastry shell.

Mix sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan. Gradually stir in water until smooth. Stirring constantly, cook on medium heat until mixture comes to a boil, then boil 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in gelatin. Mix until gelatin is dissolved. (Be careful: this mixture is molten and will burn you if you splash it around.) Cool for about 5 minutes, then pour over the berries in the pie shell. Tap pie pan to force out air bubbles, then refrigerate for at least 3 hours. Spread with Cool Whip and garnish with a few extra berries to serve

NOTES : I used strawberries and blueberries, and one package of raspberries for a patriotic red, white and blue look. You can alter the Jell-O or fruit flavors to experiment.