Pink Grapefruit Pie is made with a graham cracker crust, strawberry gelatin and cream cheese.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 8 minutesminutes
Total Time 18 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Author Cookie Madness
Ingredients
Crust:
1 ⅔cupsgraham cracker crumbs22 squares, crushed
3tablespoonssugar
6tablespoonsmelted butter
Pie:
1cupwater
¾cupsugar
2tablespoonsflour
2tablespoonsbutter
½of a 3 ounce package strawberry gelatin
1 8ouncepackage cream cheesesoftened
1cuppowdered sugar
3Ruby Red Grapefruitspeeled, sectioned, membranes removed
Whipped Topping of some sort for garnish
Instructions
Make crust first. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix together crumbs, sugar and butter. Press into bottom and up sides of a 9 inch glass pie plate. Bake for 8 minutes. Let cool.
Prepare filling. Whisk together water, sugar and flour in a saucepan. Heat over medium, stirring often, until thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and gelatin. Set aside to cool.
Combine cream cheese and powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Spread cream cheese mixture over crust. Arrange grapefruit over cream cheese filling. Pour gelatin mixture over grapefruit and chill until set.