Strawberry Pie Glaze Recipe
Here’s the pro tip. Don’t use clear apple juice for the base. That’s for amateurs. We use crushed strawberries.
Take about a cup of those squishiest, most overripe berries. Mash them up with a fork. It’s therapeutic, trust me. This is where the real flavor lives.
You get that deep, jammy, “I grew up on a farm” taste. The store-bought clear glazes? They taste like sugar water and regret. Not today.
The Ingredients (Keep This Simple)
You need: 1 cup crushed strawberries, ¾ cup white sugar, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. That’s it. Oh, and a pinch of salt. Salt makes sweet things scream.
No weird gelatin packets. No Jell-O. We are adults making pie, not setting up a wiggly science experiment. (Okay, fine, it’s a little science-y. But the yummy kind.)
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Mix the sugar and cornstarch in a cold saucepan first. If you dump cornstarch into hot liquid, you get lumps. Lumps are the enemy of a happy pie.