Easy 4th of July Strawberry Pie

I still have some strawberries from our berry picking trip a few days ago, and I wanted to use them in a fun and simple recipe.  I decided to make a strawberry pie.   I found a recipe that I liked on Food.com, but then I made my own changes.  The results were DELICIOUS!  This pie was such a HUGE hit with everyone that I have been asked to make it again on Monday for the real 4th of July.  

For this recipe you will need  strawberries, blueberries, a graham cracker crust (I used chocolate), 1 box strawberry jello, cornstarch, water and cool whip. 

For the first step you are going to boil 1 cup sugar, 1 1/4 cups water, and 2 Tablespoons of cornstarch over medium heat.   Stir frequently, as is starts to boil and begins to thicken.

Add 1/4 cup strawberry jello powder.  It will become this pretty red color.   Stir until all the powder is dissolved, and then remove from heat.  Once it is cooled a bit,  put it in the refrigerator and  chill 1-2 hours. 

While cooling our glaze, halve 4 cups of strawberries. I placed it in the crust first in this picture, but the next time I make it I will mix the berries and glaze BEFORE putting them in the crust. 

Mix the glaze with the berries and place in the graham cracker crust.  Chill again for  2  more hours 

Now we need to add our white and blue to our red strawberries

Add a layer of cool whip on top of the strawberries.

Place blueberries however you prefer on top of the cool whip.  My daughter and I made a circle design. 

This is all that was left just a couple of minutes later.  4 people (3 of them kids!)  ate that much pie very quickly, and there were still a few people who had not had a slice.   Have a HAPPY 4th!!!