We have a few math geeks living at our house. And when I say math geeks, I mean serious math geeks. So geeky that one member of my household does math proofs…for fun. So Pi Day is always celebrated. Usually with a pie in our pi plate.
Though some years it has been celebrated with a Pi pie:
Any pie recipe will do, but my daughter is particularly fond of mixed berry pie, since she can arrange the berries to form the pi symbol. She works as a math tutor and says pi day is her favorite day to go to work, since it is always celebrated properly.
For this mixed berry pie we decided to make the crust with crushed granola bars instead of graham crackers. Granola bars are just as easy to use as cookie or graham crackers and create a very flavorful crust!
Mixed Berry Pie With Granola Crust Recipe
Ingredients
Pie Crust:
- 9 oz crunchy granola bars (we used gf honey flavored)
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
Pie Filling:
- ¾ cup sugar
- 3 Tablespoons cornstarch
- 1⅓ cups cold water
- ¼ cup blackberry fusion gelatin powder
- One 8oz. pkg. of cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups berries
Directions
Pie Crust Directions:
- Crush granola bars in a food processor or in a bowl with a potato masher:
- Add melted butter to crushed granola and mix well.
- Press into greased 9 inch pie dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes.
Pie Filling Directions:
- In a small saucepan combine the sugar, cornstarch, and water until smooth. Bring to a boil.
- Cook and stir for 2 minutes, or until thickened.
- Remove from heat; stir in gelatin until dissolved.
- Cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until slightly thickened.
- In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the pie crust.
- Arrange berries on top of the cream cheese mixture.
- Spoon the gelatin mixture over berries.
- Refrigerate until set.
Printable Recipe for Mixed Berry Pie With Granola Crust
Mixed Berry Pie With Granola Crust
Ingredients
Pie Crust:
- 9 oz crunchy granola bars we used gf honey flavored
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
Pie Filling:
- ¾ cup sugar
- 3 Tablespoons cornstarch
- 1⅓ cups cold water
- ¼ cup blackberry fusion gelatin powder
- 1 8oz. pkg. of cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups berries
Instructions
Pie Crust Directions:
- Crush granola bars in a food processor or in a bowl with a potato masher:
- Add melted butter to crushed granola and mix well.
- Press into greased 9 inch pie dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes.
Pie Filling Directions:
- In a small saucepan combine the sugar, cornstarch, and water until smooth. Bring to a boil.
- Cook and stir for 2 minutes, or until thickened.
- Remove from heat; stir in gelatin until dissolved.
- Cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until slightly thickened.
- In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the pie crust.
- Arrange berries on top of the cream cheese mixture.
- Spoon the gelatin mixture over berries.
- Refrigerate until set.
Nutrition
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Debbi Does Dinner Healthy says
This looks awesome! We, too, are Pi geeks. If you want a laugh, my brother was on the news the other day for Pi. He has a ton of numbers memorized of Pi and he just recently re-did his kitchen and made his backsplash with digits of Pi. Here is the link if you want to see the news report, it’s short but really funny.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/6843656-good-question-what-is-pi/
Shana Putnam says
Oh that looks so good!! I love berries but we do not have any math geeks in this house lol. I cannot stand math. Chris is pretty good at it though.
Rachel (Hounds in the Kitchen) says
A Pi Plate?! How stinking cute!
Thanks for sharing on Hounds in the Kitchen.