Fresh Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie

Soon spring will be here with fresh strawberries.
Make sure you try this pie,
This recipe will convert you into a pie maker.
This is a fabulous and delicious pie.

Ingredients:
1 - 9" pie crust
6 cups strawberries, hulled
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 cup water
3 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. lemon rind

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Blind bake the pie crust, empty
until light brown and crisp,
about 8-10 minutes. Cool completely.
Mash enough strawberries to measure 1 cup.
Mix sugar and cornstarch in a heavy saucepan
and stir in strawberries and water.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly,
until mixture thickens and boils.
Cook and stir for 1 minute
and then remove from heat and cool.
Beat cream cheese with sugar, lemon juice,
and lemon rind until smooth and spread in cooled pie crust.
Top with whole strawberries.
Pour cooked and cooled strawberry mixture
over the whole strawberries
and chill for 3 hours or until set.
Refrigerate any remaining pie.