Lately I’ve been doing a lot of raspberry this and blueberry that and strawberry this and that. I’ve been stuck on things containing fruits that end in “berry”. To stretch my recipe-creating mind but still keep the summer theme, I decided I need some lemon in my life. You may have seen my mini citrus haul on Instagram. Even though lemon is technically in season in the winter, it somehow screams summertime.
I mean you don’t drink lemonade in the winter do you? Good, didn’t think so. On to PIE…
You know what would be perfect right here? A delightful tale of how I had a lemonade stand when I was 7 and made so much money off of selling sweet summer sips because with my adorable face they couldn’t resist buying a glass. But that didn’t happen, so we’ll just skip that part.
But if I started selling lemonade pies I’d make millions! Strawberry lemonade pies? Billions! Because this Strawberry Lemonade Cream Pie is sweet-tangy perfection, and the lemonade pie market is wide open. Not to mention this little pie is quite eye-catching, so among other pies it would make a bold and swirly statement.
Strawberry Lemonade Pie
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 28 minutes
- Total Time: 43 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
Ingredients
- 1 ripe banana
- 1/2 cup non-dairy milk
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup evaporated cane juice (I did not use coconut sugar for color purposes, but you can substitute if you wish)
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 4–5 strawberries
- CRUST
- 1 cup quick oats (or rolled oats pulsed in the blender)
- 3 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- FOR THE CRUST: Mix together all the ingredients in a bowl until it forms a stiff dough. Press into a 5 inch pie pan lined with parchment paper. Set aside.
- FOR THE FILLING: Blend everything except the strawberries until smooth.
- Pour into the pie crust.
- In a clean blender, puree the strawberries.
- Drizzle the strawberry puree on top of the lemon filling. Swirl lightly with a chopstick or the handle of a spoon.
- Bake the pie for 28-30 minutes at 350F. The edges of the crust should be browned and the center should no longer jiggle.
- Let it cool, then refrigerate overnight before slicing. Keep in the fridge.
This is so unique! And so summery! LOVE IT.
Thanks Kaila! I’m all about the summery and citrus things right now 🙂
Ok this is beautiful! And we seriously think so much a like. I have a lemon based pie coming soon!
Yippee, I’m loving lemon things right now! I seriously think the close proximity of Florida has messed with our brains, because we are so often making similar things around the same time 🙂
THE PIE!!!!!! Sweet tangy dreams of love!
It’s so pretty too…pink is just a lovely joyous color 😉
And I’m loving that crust! It’s so simple and no oil (totally me)!
I think it’s pie time!
The pie has finally made it’s debut 🙂 I have tried so many healthy oil free crusts, and this one is my winner! You will be seeing it again 😉 You totally need to PIE (and pizza doesn’t count)! OMG FUNFETTI PIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHH!
This looks amazing Natalie! I love berry-lemon flavour combos so this pie is perfect 🙂
Yes! I could just do different pairings of berries and citrus all summer long and never be bored! And always feel refreshed 🙂 Thanks Mel!
Pie!!! Oh, goodness. This most definitely screams summer…and I’ll tell you what, if you had a stand selling these, I’d buy them all I’m a sucker for anything strawberry. Such a beautiful pie and it sounds so refreshing!
Thank you Mandy, it’s definitely refreshing, I even stuck it in the fridge for a while for an extra cold treat! And I think I’ll stick to blogging and leave the pie stand operating to someone else 😀 haha
This is so pretty, Natalie ♥ I love strawberry lemonade and this totally looks like summer!
Thank you Audrey 🙂 And thank you for sharing the summery-ness!
I love strawberries and I love lemonade…pretty much the most perfect combo! So pretty and bright and summery, love it!
It’s a winning combo, nothing not to love here! And I have a feeling it’d be pretty delicious with some non-coconuut CocoWhip on top 😀 haha Thanks Brandi!
I love strawberry and lemonade together!!! This looks divine and so perfect for summer. I’m putting it on my tarty sweet things I want to try list!
I couldn’t decide between raspberry lemonade and strawberry lemonade, both so good, but strawberries won out in the end because they were on sale hahaha 😀 I need a list like that 🙂 Thank Sophia!
Oh gosh Natalie, I was eyeing this beautiful pie already on Facebook – I love the dreamy pink and yellow <3 Lemonade pie is a crazy awesome invention!
Well lemonade is like my favorite fruit drink ever, and citrusy pies are so good, so it just kinda happened 🙂 And there’s something about swirling things together that just makes desserts look so dreamy! I would add some sort of swirl element to everything I make if I could find away lol 🙂 Thanks Kat!
This pie is beautiful! I love the color combination and the flavor combination. It’s gorgeous and simply perfect for the summer.
Thank you Bianca! It was one of those recipes that I was inspired to make for the look, but the flavor ended up being amazing too!
I love the combination of strawberry lemonade! And I love that you made it into a pie, how fun is that? This is such a great summer treat too. I can definitely see it rocking out a BBQ 😉
Yeah, totally a perfect little BBQ or potluck pie! And you could definitely make it bigger by doubling the recipe so it serves more than like 2 people 🙂 haha
This pie looks like the PERFECT light Summer dessert!!! I’m loving the strawberry + lemon combo AND that delicious, simple oat crust as well 🙂 Gorgeous photos as well!! I’m loving all those fresh strawberries!!! YUMMY!!!
Thank you Ceara! I love photoshoots that involve lots of fresh fruits, they are so naturally colorful and vibrant it doesn’t take a lot of work to make them pop 🙂
Fruits that end in berry are the best kind of fruits!! These look so pretty! I don’t drink lemonade all that often, but come to think of it I should drink it more because I really like it! This looks like the perfect summer dessert 🙂
I’m the same way! I love lemonade but I rarely drink it! haha It’s the right time of year, so we both need to start drinking it more often 🙂 Thanks Izzy!
DO you know the measurements to make this as a larger normal sized pie? Thanks!
I haven’t test it so I do not know exactly, but based on my experience with other pie recipes you would need increase the crust ingredients by 1.5 and double the filling ingredients. You might have a little extra filling this way, but that’s better than not enough. And it will probably need to bake for closer to 40-45 mins.
So an approximate recipe would be:
2 ripe bananas
1 cup non-dairy milk
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup evaporated cane juice (I did not use coconut sugar for color purposes, but you can substitute if you wish)
2 tsps lemon zest
2 tbsps cornstarch
8-10 strawberries
CRUST
1 1/2 cup quick oats (or rolled oats pulsed in the blender)
1/4 cup + 1/2 tbsp water
3 tbsp coconut sugar
Hope that helps!
Natalie can you clarify for me. I can use coconut sugar instead of cane juice, it will just not be as yellow colored when finished right?
Yep you got it Leah, the coconut sugar will just make the filling much darker brown in color. Still tastes delish!