Strawberry Pie
Ingredients
  • 1 9-inch pie crust See Ingredients section
  • 1quart fresh strawberries washed and hulled
  • 1cup sugar
  • 1/4cup cornstarch
  • 1cup water
  • Few drops red food coloring
  • 1 container La Crème Whipped topping any size
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  2. Bake pie shell
  3. Cool
  4. Chop one cup of strawberries
  5. Combine sugar and cornstarch in a 2-quart saucepan.
  6. Stir in water gradually until smooth
  7. Add chopped strawberries
  8. Cook, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and boils
  9. Remove from heat
  10. Stir in food coloring
  11. Cool in refrigerator 1/2 hour
  12. Pour 3/4 of the syrup mixture into prepared pie crust.
  13. Stand up remaining strawberries in pie crust, reserving 1/4 cup (about 3 large strawberries) for garnish
  14. Pour remaining syrup over strawberries
  15. Chill until firm, about 3 hours
  16. To serve, top each slice with whipped topping and a slice of reserved strawberry.