Red, White, and Blue Pie

I remember as a child having some sort of red, white, and blue pie one forth of July. I decided that I should try to make something perhaps similar. I couldn't really find a recipe, so I took a few recipes and put them together with my own twist. I have to say it turned out pretty darn good. There are a couple of things I would do differently, but it still tasted awesome! Happy Fourth of July!

Ingredients

Crust

1 1/2 to 2 c. vanilla wafer, or graham cracker crumbs

5-6 T. melted butter

3 T. brown sugar

Cream Filling

8 oz. cream cheese
2 T. lemon juice
1 c. whipping cream, whipped
1 t. grated lemon rind
2 T. milk

3-4 T. sugar (or powdered sugar), to taste

Fruit Layers

Blueberries

6 cups strawberries, hulled
3/4 c. sugar
3 T. cornstarch
1/2 t. lemon juice

Directions

1. Mix vanilla wafer crumbs,melted butter, and brown sugar together in pie plate.
2. Bake crust in in 350 degree oven for 5-10 minutes to crisp it up.  Don't over bake!
3. Allow crust to cool completely.
4. Place a layer of blueberries in the bottom of the pie crust.
5. Cream together cream cheese, lemon juice, grated lemon rind, milk and sugar.
6. Slowly add whipped cream to cream cheese mixture a little at a time.  Otherwise, keep whipped cream to serve on top of pie.  (I mixed it in, but I think perhaps next time I'd only mix in half, and use the other half to serve with the pie.)
7. Spread cream cheese mixture on top of blueberries, and place the pie crust in the refrigerator.
8. In small saucepan, mix together sugar and cornstarch.
9. Mash enough strawberries to make 1 c. strawberry juice and mix into small sauce pan.
10. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and boil for 5 minutes.
11. Take mixture off heat, and add in lemon juice.
12. Allow this mixture to cool a little bit, while cutting up strawberries.
13. With remaining strawberries, slice or quarter them over the top of your pie.
14. Spread strawberry sauce over the top.
15. Chill pie for at least 3-4 hours before serving.