Hints For Pie Crust

Ingredients & Directions Text only My hints for pie crust – I make mine with lard, which sounds awful, but makes the flakiest, most sog-resistant crust in the world. You take 1 cup of flour, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and then cut in 1/3 cup of lard with a pastry cutter until the pastry makes […]

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Howard’s Delicious Apple Pie

Ingredients & Directions 3 tb Water 4 ts Cornstarch 1 Egg; beaten 3/4 c Light cream 3/4 c Sugar 1 ts Ground cinnamon 1/4 ts Ground nutmeg 4 md Red Delicious apples; peeled -and Pastry for double-crust pie 2 tb Butter 1 tb Milk 1 tb Cinnamon-sugar In a small bowl, mix water and cornstarch […]

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Paupiettes De Bananes Aux Jambon

Ingredients & Directions 4 Bananas (fairly unripe, -but not green) 4 sl Ham 6 tb Parmesan cheese, grated 1/2 c Double cream -(whipping cream) Paprika Salt and pepper Peel bananas, sprinkle with salt, pepper and paprika (be generous with this). Wrap a slice of ham around each banana. Place bananas in a greased, oven-proof dish […]

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Honey Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients & Directions 3 Eggs 3/4 c Honey 12 oz Condensed milk 1 ts Salt 2 ts Pumpkin pie spice 16 oz Pumpkin 1 9 inch pie crust In a mixing bowl combine eggs, honey, milk, salt, spice and pumpkin and beat well. Pour filling into a pastry-lined 9-inch pie plate. Bake 15 minutes at […]

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Charlotte’s Shepherd Pie

Ingredients & Directions 5 lg Potatoes; peeled and cut up, -(up to 6) 1 1/2 lb Lean ground beef 1 sm Onion; chopped 1 cn (15-oz) mixed vegetables -(drained) 1 cn (10-3/4-oz) cream of potato -soup (undiluted) 1 cn (small) sliced mushrooms -(drained) Salt to taste Butter and milk to taste for -making mashed potatoes […]

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Toll House Pie

Ingredients & Directions 2 Eggs 1/2 c Flour 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c Packed brown sugar 1 c Butter or margarine,at room 1 pk 6 oz. semisweet chocolate mo 1 c Chopped walnuts 1 9″ unbaked pie shell Whipped cream or ice cream,o Preheat oven to 325 degrees.Beat eggs until foamy.Blend in other ingredients until […]

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Macadamia Nut Chiffon Pie

Ingredients & Directions 1 Pastry shell, 9″, baked 1/2 ts Lemon extract 1 pk Unflavored gelatin 1 ts Lemon rind, fresh, grated 1/2 c Cold water 1/8 ts Salt 4 Eggs, separated 1 1/2 c Macadamia nuts, chopped 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c Heavy cream 1/2 c Boiling water 2 tb Confectioners’ sugar 1 tb […]

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Homestead Chicken Pie

Ingredients & Directions 1 Broiler/Fryer Chicken, cut -up 4 c Water 1 Rib Celery,W/Tops, cut up 1 sm Onion, stuck with cloves 2 ts Salt 1/4 c Margarine 1/4 c Flour 2 1/2 c Chicken Broth Egg Yolks 1/2 c Half And Half( Or Milk) 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 ts Pepper 2 c Flour 1 […]

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Tofu Chocolate Pudding/mousse/pie Fillin

Ingredients & Directions 10 oz Semisweet chocolate chips -(VEGANS use -barley malt sweetened -nondairy ones) 2 pk (10.5-oz) of mori nu silken -or silken firm tofu (or -equiv. in another brand; -but make sure it is -“silken” type not regular!) 3 tb Maple syrup (or other liquid -sweetener of your choice; -can use less; to […]

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Mom’s Pecan Pie

Ingredients & Directions 3 Eggs, beaten 3/4 c Sugar 1 c Karo syrup (light) 1 pn Salt 1 tb Butter 1 c Pecans Mix all ingredients together and pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes, then reduce to 350 degrees and bake and additional 45 minutes. Yields 1 Servings

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