How to Make a Vintage Jell-O Pie

Southern Living

Get ready for a blast of nostalgia! Ivy Odom’s Jell-O pie is a Southern classic with a creamy strawberry base and lemon crumble topping. It's like those old-fashioned lemon wedding cookies you remember from church socials, but in pie form! Easy to make and oh-so delicious, the recipe in this video will take you straight back to your childhood.

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00:00Y'all know we love Jell-O in the South. This pie uses two flavors.

00:05There are probably hundreds of recipes out there for Jell-O pie.

00:08I'm sure some are creamy and some aren't and that for every flavor of Jell-O that exists at least a few dozen pie recipes

00:14using that flavor are out there. This isn't backed by any sort of research,

00:18but my guess is that some of the most widely used flavors of Jell-O are strawberry, lemon, and lime.

00:23Probably because those flavors go with a lot of things. For this Jell-O pie,

00:27we use strawberry Jell-O as the base mixed with whipped topping to create a sweet strawberry flavored creamy filling.

00:33But the Jell-O fun doesn't stop there.

00:35We also use a packet of lemon Jell-O mixed with butter and flour to make a lemon crumble that tastes

00:41just like those lemon wedding cookies you probably ate in a church fellowship hall.

00:46I loved this pie because it tasted like a step back in time.

00:50And if you want to trip down memory lane, you should definitely make one for yourself.

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