I know it's been a year since I asked this question, but thank you to everyone for the help.
I ended up using whole strawberries and adding the cornstarch after the sugar is melted.
Thanks for the advice! The pie finally turned out right. I didn't cut up the strawberries and used more corn starch. My father in law said it turned out just like his mom's, except he thinks that she cut the strawberries into smaller pieces.
Another thing I did was clean the strawberries the...
To start with, my wife's grandma passed away recently and we discovered a lot of her long lost recipes. One of the recipes is for a family favorite, Strawberry Pie. We have tried several times to make this pie, but the same thing always happens, it turns soupy!
The recipe says crush 1 pint of...