You’ll adore this delicious, salty, spicy, somewhat sweet substitute for French fries that are deep-fried. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce or ketchup.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 7 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 47 mins |
| Servings: | 9 |
| Yield: | 1 8-inch pan |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 9 graham crackers, crushed
- ⅓ cup butter, melted
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons shortening, softened
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 6 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 pound fresh strawberries, sliced
- 2 tablespoons strawberry syrup, or to taste
Instructions
- Place a large metal bowl and beaters from an electric mixer in the freezer.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray.
- Mix crushed graham crackers, butter, white sugar, shortening, and cinnamon in a bowl until well blended. Press into the prepared pan to make crust.
- Bake crust in the preheated oven until set, about 7 minutes. Let cool, about 5 minutes. Refrigerate for 10 minutes. Transfer to the freezer and chill until cool to the touch.
- Beat heavy cream in chilled bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Beat in confectioners’ sugar 1 tablespoon at a time. Add vanilla extract; continue to beat until stiff peaks form.
- Arrange 1 layer of strawberries over chilled crust. Add 1 layer of whipped cream. Repeat with a second layer of strawberries and whipped cream. Top with remaining strawberries. Drizzle strawberry syrup on top.
- Refrigerate pie until set, about 1 hour. Cut into 9 pieces before serving.
- You can use frozen strawberries that have been defrosted instead of fresh strawberries if desired.
- You need about 1 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 315 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 26 g |
| Cholesterol | 72 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Sodium | 110 mg |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Fat | 23 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This was impossible to cut into bars. It is basically strawberries and cream on a graham cracker crust. Though tasty, this has to be served on a plate because there is no way that these can be eaten as bars.