The Old Boy's Strawberry Pie

Ingredients

• 1 unbaked pastry pie crust , 9-inch
• whites sugar , divided, or more as needed
• all-purpose flour , divided
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter , plus more for dotting on top
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 4 cups fresh strawberries , hulled
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place a drip pan on the lowest oven rack to catch pie juices.

2. 2

   Press pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish. Combine 3/4 cup sugar, 3/4 cup flour, 6 tablespoons butter, and nutmeg in a medium bowl until fluffy; set topping aside.

3. 3

   Add strawberries to a large bowl. Combine remaining 1/2 cup sugar, remaining 1/2 cup flour, and cornstarch together in a separate bowl; add to strawberries, stirring gently until coated, being careful not to crush berries.

4. 4

   Pour strawberries into prepared pie crust, mounding them in the middle as berries will sink as they bake. Cover strawberries with topping; top with about 15 pea-sized pieces of butter. Wrap edges of pie crust with foil to prevent burning.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and bake 40 minutes more. With 10 minutes left of baking, sprinkle a little extra sugar over crumb topping, then finish baking.