My Moms Recipe Book

Quick Light Pineapple Pie

Love Pie? Don’t want to wait until the holiday’s are here? Hate spending so much time preparing or baking pies in the summer? This quick to make, and light recipe is great for those sweltering dog days of summer! This no bake pie is sure to hit the spot in both time management and taste

Difficulty: Easy
Category: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Cooking Method: No Bake

Servings: 8 yield(s)

Prep Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

1/4 cup sugar (50g)
1 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (251g)
6 tbsp melted butter (77g)

Pie Filling

3 oz Jello mix (85g -- your choice of flavor)
2/3 cup water (150)
2 cup ice cubes (480g)
1 cup heavy whipping cream (240g)
8 3/4 oz crushed pineapple (235g)

Instructions

Add sugar, graham cracker crumbles, and melted butter in a bowl
Mix with fork until combined
Dump into a 8 or 9 inch pie pan/tin and press the bottom and sides of the pan until evenly spread.

Pie filling

Completely dissolve gelatin in boiling water, stirring constantly for about 3 minutes
Add the ice cubes and continue to stir until gelatin thickens (about 2 to 3 minutes)
Remove any ice cubes that are not melted
Add heavy whipping cream to stand mixer ( or use hand mixer) mix until cream sets (about 3 to 5 minutes)
Add whipped cream to gelatin mixture
Fold in fruit (if adding fruit)
Chill the mixture if needed before putting into pie crust
Spoon mixture into pie crust and chill for a minimum of 3 hours