The Old Boy's Strawberry Pie

It's strawberry season, one of my most favorite times of the year!  What could be better than The Old Boy’s Strawberry Pie?  If you're looking for an old fashioned recipe that has a crumb topping rather than a top crust, try this!  It's easy and delicious!  Top it with freshly whipped cream or vanilla ice cream and you'll smile!

 (from Allrecipes)

INGREDIENTS:

·         1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie

·         3/4 cup white sugar

·         3/4 cup all-purpose flour

·         6 tablespoons butter

·         1 pinch ground nutmeg

·         4 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and thickly sliced

·         1/2 cup white sugar

·         1/2 cup all-purpose flour

·         1 tablespoon cornstarch

DIRECTIONS:

1.     Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place a drip pan on lowest shelf to catch pie juices.

2.    To Make Topping: In a medium bowl, mix until fluffy the 3/4 cup sugar, 3/4 cup flour, butter, and nutmeg.

3.    Place cleaned strawberries in a deep bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together the 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup flour, and cornstarch. Gently coat berries with this mixture; be careful not to crush berries.

4.    Pour berries into prepared pie crust. Cover berries with crumb topping and top crumbs with about 15 pea-sized blobs of butter. Wrap edges of pie crust with foil to prevent burning.

5.    Bake pie in preheated oven for 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 375 degrees F and bake for an additional 40 minutes. When there are 10 minutes left of baking, sprinkle a little extra sugar over crumb topping and then finish baking.