Old-fashioned Indiana Strawberry Pie

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (9 inch) pie shells
• 1 quart fresh strawberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons butter

Recipe

• 1 rinse berries thoroughly, drain, remove stems. pat dry.
• 2 crush enough of the berries to make 1 1/2 cups berry pulp and juice.
• 3 combine the crushed berries and juice in a saucepan with the sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and salt.
• 4 bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• 5 cook until mixture thickens and turns clear.
• 6 stir in butter and cook one more minute.
• 7 arrange whole berries in baked pie shell.
• 8 pour the hot berry mixture over them.
• 9 let cool.
• 10 chill several hours.
• 11 serve with vanilla ice cream or top servings with whipped cream.