Recipe Inspiration
This Streusel-Topped Fresh Strawberry Pie is loaded with fresh strawberries (though you could use any berries!) and topped with a crunchy brown sugar streusel.
– 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour – ½ teaspoon salt – 1 teaspoon sugar – ½ cup unsalted butter cold – 3-4 tablespoons ice cold water – 2 lbs strawberries hulled and halved or quartered – ¼ cup sugar – 2 tablespoons corn starch – ¼ cup butter cold – ¼ cup brown sugar 58 grams – ½ cup large rolled oats (not steel cut, not instant) 55 grams – ¼ cup flour (all purpose or whole wheat) 32 grams
--Stir together strawberries, sugar and corn starch
-- In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar, oats and flour with a pastry cutter, fork or your hands until crumbly. Mixture will resemble an oatmeal cookie dough
– In a medium bowl, stir together flour, salt and sugar. Cut butter into cubes and cut into the flour mixture until crumbly, using a pastry cutter or a fork, or your hands! – Add cold water so that a dough forms, Refrigerate at least 30 minutes! – Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll out pie crust on a cool surface, slighlty larger than your pie plate. Place in pie plate and trim edges!
– Place strawberry filling into pie crust.
– Top strawberries with streusel mixture, breaking into small chunks with your hands and pressing down onto the berries slightly. – Place pie plate on a baking sheet (to catch any drips!) and bake for 50-70 minutes, until golden brown on top (cover with tin foil if it browns too quickly) and berries are bubbly and thickened. S