Minced Fruit Pie

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Raisins 3 Medium-sized tart green -apples; peeled and cored 1/2 sm Unpeeled orange; seed -removed 1/4 sm Unpeeled lemon; seeds -removed 1/2 c Sweetener; (I use Sucanat) 1/2 c Cranberry sauce; (I make my -own) 2 tb Brandy 1 tb Quick-cooking tapioca 1/2 ts Salt 1/4 ts Cinnamon 1/4 ts […]

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Duchess Meat-loaf Pie

Ingredients & Directions 1 Envelope Onion soup mix 1 1/2 c Water 2 lb Ground beef Hot Mashed potatoes 1. Stir soup mix into water in a 2 cup measure. 2. Measure out 1/2 cup soup and blend into ground beef in a larg bowl; shape mixture into a thick 8-inch round paty in a […]

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Pie Crust

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Flour 1 c Lard 1 x *or: 1 c Other shortening 1/2 ts Salt 1 x Water, ice Add salt to the flour, then rub flour and shortening together, using hands or a pastry blender. Add enough cold water to make a dry paste. Roll out and fit in pit […]

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Liz Damon’s Key Lime Pie

Ingredients & Directions 3 Egg yolks 1/2 c Sugar 1 3 oz pkg lime gelatin powder 1 c Warm water 1 pk Gelatin powder; unflavored, -softened in 1/4 c Water 3 dr Green food coloring 2 Limes; juice of (up to 3) 2 Limes; grated rind of (up to -3) 1 c Heavy cream MERINGUE […]

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Lentils With Spiedini

Ingredients & Directions 1 oz Olive oil Breasts — cut in 1″ 1/2 oz Prosciutto — minced Cubes 1/2 lb Lentils — soak overnight 2 Peppers — cut in 1″ 2 oz Carrot — minced Squares 2 oz Celery — minced 1/2 Loaf Italian bread, crust 2 oz Onion — minced Removed — cut in […]

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Coconut Cream Pie

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Sugar 1 pn Salt 4 tb Cornstarch 2 c Milk; Scalded 4 Egg Yolks; Slightly Beaten 1/2 c Coconut 1 tb Butter 1 ts Vanilla 1 9-inch pie shell MERINGUE 4 Egg Whites 1 ts Cream Of Tartar 1/2 c Sugar 1. Mix sugar, salt and cornstarch together; add gradually […]

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Meyer Lemon Ice Box Pie

Ingredients & Directions 4 lg Meyer lemons 3/4 c Sugar; plus 2 tb Sugar 1 pn Salt 2 1/2 c Water 2 Egg yolks 1/4 c Cornstarch 1 Blind-baked pastry shell -; -(9-inch) 3 Egg whites 2 c Fresh blueberry coulis Powdered sugar; in a shaker 8 Fresh mint sprigs In a saucepan, combine the […]

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Granola Pie Crust

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter or margarine; melted 1 1/2 c Granola 1/3 c Chopped nuts 3 tb Brown sugar, packed Mix butter, granola, nuts and brown sugar. Press into 8-inch pie pan and chill until set. Makes 1 (8-in.) pastry shell Yields 1 Servings

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Mince Pie

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 Batch mincemeat 1 Batch flaky pie dough for a -2 crust pie Egg wash; 1 egg well beaten -with a pinch of salt OPTIONAL FINISH 2 ts Sugar Preheat oven to 400 degrees and set a rack in the lowest level. For the bottom crust, lightly flour the work surface and […]

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Drunken Crawfish Pie

Ingredients & Directions Waldine Van Geffen VGHC42A 2 9″ Pie crusts 1/2 c Butter 1/4 c Flour 1 c Onion — chopped 2 ts Garlic — finely minced 13 c Green pepper — chopped 2 tb Celery — chopped 3 tb Parsley — minced 1/2 c Green onion tops — slice Thin 1 ts Salt […]

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