Walnut Topping For Pie

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Brown sugar 1/3 c Flour 1/2 ts Cinnamon 1/2 c Chopped walnuts 1/4 c Butter Combine and sprinkle over pie filling and bake according to directions for the type of filling you use. Good for a pear pie!!! Also peach, pumpkin, apple, and a custard cooked in this is wonderful!! […]

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Basic Savory Pie Crust

Ingredients & Directions 3 1/4 c Flour 1 ts Salt 1 1/2 c Cold lard or solid vegetable -shortening 4 tb Ice water -; (4 to 5 tbsps) Combine the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the lard and work it in with your hands until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the water, […]

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Southern Sweet Potato Pie

Ingredients & Directions 15 oz Package refrigerated – piecrusts 2 md Sweet potatoes 1 c Sugar 1 c Firmly packed brown sugar 1/3 c Margarine or butter 3/4 c Milk 1 ts Nutmeg 1 ts Vanilla 2 Eggs, slightly beaten Heat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare piecrust according to package directions for filled one-crust pie […]

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Cranberry Pie

Ingredients & Directions 3 Eggs 1 1/2 c Sugar 2 tb Grated orange zest 1 ts Vanilla extract 1/2 c Flour 6 oz Butter; melted 1 c Fresh cranberries Here’s a filling that should work nicely with cranberries. You may want to adjust sugar–the filling is tart, but you might like it sweeter. This recipe […]

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Betty Crocker’s Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients & Directions -FILLING 2 c Pumpkin 1 cn Evaporated skimmed milk — (12 oz) 1/2 c Egg whites — whipped 1/2 c Granulated sugar 1/2 c Unbleached flour 1 ts Cinnamon 1/2 ts Ginger 1/4 ts Nutmeg 1/8 ts Cloves 3/4 ts Baking powder 1/8 ts Salt 2 ts Orange peel — grated -TOPPING […]

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Japanese Fruit Pie #1

Ingredients & Directions 1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell 1 Stick margarine 1 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1/2 c White or dark raisins 1/2 c Chopped nuts 1 tb Vinegar 1/4 c Coconut; optional Cream butter, sugar & eggs; add other ingredients. Pour into pie shell. Bake for 10 minutes at 400, turn oven down to […]

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Walnut Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients & Directions 1 6oz graham cracker crust 1 cn (15 oz) pumpkin 1 cn (14 oz) Sweetened condensed -milk 1 Egg 1 1/4 ts Ground cinnamon 1/2 ts EACH ground ginger; nutmeg -and salt 1/4 c Firmly packed brown sugar 2 tb All-purpose flour 2 tb Cold margarine 3/4 c Chopped walnuts Heat oven […]

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Basic Pie Crust

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Unsalted butter – well chilled or frozen 1 lg Egg yolk 5 tb Ice water 1/2 ts Salt 1 1/2 c Unbleached all-purpose flour CUT THE BUTTER into tablespoon-size pieces. Put in a food processor and chop by pulsing the machine on and off about 6 times. Add the egg […]

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Southern Pecan Pie

Ingredients & Directions 4 lg Eggs 1 tb Flour 3/4 c Sugar 1/4 c Dark karo corn syrup 1 c Light karo corn syrup 1 pn Salt 1 ts Vanilla 1 1/2 c Pecans 1 Pie crust, frozen; (9-inch), Recipe by: Anita Douglas Preparation Time: 1:00 Thaw pie crust and pinch edges of crust. (Makes […]

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Cranberry Pecan Pie

Ingredients & Directions 3 Eggs, lightly beaten 2/3 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla 1 c Chopped fress or frozen Cranberries 1 c Golden corn syrup 2 tb Butter or margarine, melted 1 c Coarsely chopped pecans 1 tb Grated orange rind 1 Unbaked (9inch) pastry shell In medium bowl, stir together eggs, corn syrup, sugar, […]

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