Blue Ribbon Strawberry Pie Recipe

+ Directions : Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake pie shell according to directions for empty baked crust. Cool. Chop one cup of strawberries. Combine sugar and cornstarch in a 2 qt. saucepan. Stir in water gradually until smooth. add chopped strawberries. Cook,stirring constantly,until mixture thickens and boils. Remove from heat. Stir in food coloring. Cool in refrigerator 1/2 hour. Pour 3/4 of the syrup into prepared pie crust. Stand up remaining strawberries in pie crust,reserving 1/4 cup (about 3 large strawberries) for garnish. Pour remaining syrup over strawberries Chill until firm,about 3 hours. To serve,top each slice with Whipped Topping and a slice of reserved strawberry. Compliments of: Kathleen's Recipe Swap Page http://www. cyberspc. mb. ca/~netdir/recipe