Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-14
Sister Mary Tells
How 10 Make
Five Tasty Pies

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(Unlcss otherwise specified, these
recipes + planned for four persons
One-crust pies makes delicious
desserts. Everyone usually likes
them so there are no disappointed
faces when the dessert appears.
Keep in mind the food value of
these pies and let them do their part
in the meal. If this is done there is
no reason pie should be taboo as
indigestible.
Pies should always be thoroughly
baked. 1t will take from half an
hour to a full hour to bake them, de-
pending on the filling.
Butterscotch pie is sure to be
popular.
Butterscotch Pie
One cup brown sugar, 2 table
spoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour,
IL cups milk, l egg, u teaspoon
vanilla.
Melt sugar and stir in butter. Beat
yolk of egg well, beat in flour and
milk and continue beating for three
minutes. Add to sugar and butter
mixture and cook over hot water
until thick. Beat white of egg until
stiff and dry and fold into first mix
ture. Turn into a pie dish lined with
pastry and bake in a moderate oven
until firm to the touch. Let cool
and serve with whipped ream
CocOanut Cream Pie
One and one-half cups milk, 2
eggs, two-thirds cup sugar, l table
spoon flour, Is teaspoon salt, 1 table
spoon putter, Il cup shredded cocoa
nut, 4 tablespoons powdered sugar.
Beat yolk of eggs with sugar and
flour. Scald milk and slowly pour
over egg mixture, stirring con
stantly. Add salt and cook over hot
water until thick. Remove from fire
and add butter and cocoanut. Turn
into a baked pie shell. Beat whites
of eggs until stiff and dry. Beat in
sugar and flavor with one-half tea
spoon vanilla. Spread over pie.
sprinkle with cocoanut and brown
III a slow
Banana Pie
One and one-half cups milk, x cup
sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, 2 eggs.
3 bahamas, y teaspoon vanilla. ]
teaspoon lemon juice, Is teaspoon
salt.
Mix sugar, salt and flour and beai
into egg wolks. Scald milk an6
slowly stir into first mixture. Cook
oVer hot water until thick. Cool and
add vanilla. Peel, scrape and slice
bananas. Put a layer in a baked pie
shell. Sprinkle lightly with lemor
juice and add a layer of custard. Add
a layer of bananas, sprinkle Will
lemon juice and cover with custard.
Cover with a meringue made witt
the whites of the eggs beaten until
stiff and dry with one-quarter cur
sugar. Brown slightly in a slow
oven. Serve cold.
Chocolate Cream Pic
One-half cup grated chocolate. !
cup sugar, 2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 cups milk, 2 eggs. L teaspoon
vanilla. Is teaspoon salt.
Melt chocolate over hot water. Mis-
sugar. cornstarch and salt. Ado
milk slowly to melted chocolate, stir
ring until smooth. Add dry ingre.
dents and stir and cook over hot
water until thick and smooth. Add
yolks of eggs we'll beaten and cool,
q minute longer. Cool and ado
vanilla. Pour into a baked pie shell
and with a meringue made
with the whites of the eggs beaten
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cup of sugar. Bake in a slow over
until a light brown.
Chess pie is a delicious rich con
eoction of by-gone days.
Chess Pie
Three eggs, two-thirds cup sugar
" cup butter, X teaspoon cinnamon.
Beat yolks of eggs until light, Add
sugar and continue beating unit
very light. Cream butter and beat
into egg mixture with the cinnamon
Turn into a pie dish lined with pas
try and bake until firm to the touch
1t should puff as it bakes. Remove
from the oven as soon as done and
V with a meringue made will
the whites of the eggs beaten unit
stiff and dry with one-quarter cur
sugar. Bake in a slow oven unit
a delicate. brown.
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc