PIES 109

Baking Temperatures
FRUIT PIES (uncooked) 450 preheated oven for 10 minutes, reduce to 350

— for 35 to 40 minutes.

FRUIT PIES (cooked) 450 oven for 10 minutes, reduce to 350 for 20 minutes.
SHELL—Preheated 400 oven until golden brown.
MERINGUE—Preheated 350 oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

PIE MIX

6% cups flour 2 teaspoons salt
2 cups shortening

Blend and store in refrigerator.
For 9-inch shell: 1 1/3 cup mix, 2Y% tablespoons cold water.

CRACKER CRUST
7 double graham wafers Y2 cup brown sugar
Y% cup melted butter Y2 teaspoon cinnamon

Roll wafers very fine, mix well with sugar and butter, cinnamon if desired. Pack
well in pie plate, keeping out Y2 cup crumbs for topping. Do not bake. Use any
desired filling.

DATE PIE

1 Ib. dates 2 eggs
3 cups milk Y2 teaspoon yanilla
Y2 cup sugar

Simmer dates and milk in double boiler for one hour. Mash and add eggs, sugar
and vanilla. Mix well and pour in unbaked shell. (Bake like pumpkin pie). Serve
with whipped cream when cold.

MERINGUE

2 egg whites 2 tablespoons sugar

Beat until whites stand in peaks when beater is removed. Add sugar when partly
beaten. Brown meringues in 350 oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

CRUMB TOP
Y Ib. butter 1¥2 cups brown sugar
2 cups flour Y2 teaspoon soda
Yq teaspoon salt Y2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Blend well. Keep in fridge in sealed jar. Will cover 5 pies. Use for top crust on
fruit pies. Bake with pie. Especially nice on apple, mince or cherry.

AMBER PIE
Y2 cup sugar 1 cup sweet cream
1 cup blackberry jam 3 egg yolks
1 tablespoon butter 3 egg whites

Mix altogether except whites of 2 eggs which you use for meringue. Bake in
uncooked shell like a custard pie.

COCOANUT CREAM PIE

3 cups milk 3 tablespoons cornstarch
4 egg yolks 4 egg whites for meringue
Y2 cup sugar 2 tablespoons coocanut to
Y2 teaspoon vanilla sprinkle on meringue

Y2 cup cocoanut
Mix well and cook in double boiler, then pour in baked shell. Top with meringue.

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