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Easy Pie Recipes
Unique Pie Recipes From Grandma's Kitchen
Give these easy pie recipes a try. Several of these old-fashioned pies are unique and relatively unknown today, but they are easy to make and taste delicious.
If you're looking for a dessert pie that's different and conversational, try one of these nostalgic pies. The Shoo-Fly Pie, Canadian Backwoods Pie, and the Bachelor's Fruit Pie are classics.
Easy Pie RecipesThese old-fashioned pie recipes were taken from Mom's old recipe scrapbooks, circa 1929.
Pineapple Pumpkin PieMix 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon salt, add 1 cup crushed pineapple, 1 cup cooked stained pumpkin, 2 beaten eggs, 1 cup milk; pour into pastry lined pie plate and bake in hot oven for 10 minutes; reduce heat and bake till firm in center. -- Mrs. J. McCurdy
Vanilla Cream PieOne pint milk, 1 cup granulated sugar, 3 eggs (yolks), 4 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon salt. Put milk in double boiler; mix flour, sugar, and beaten yolks all together, beat well; add to boiling milk, add butter and vanilla. Cool, then turn into a baked shell. Beat whites of eggs until stiff and sweeten with 2 tablespoons sugar to form a meringue. Spread on pie and brown in oven.
Butterscotch PieOne cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, 2 egg yolks, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup water, 2 egg whites beaten stiff, 4 tablespoons granulated sugar, and baked pastry shell.
Beat together the brown sugar, flour, egg yolks, and salt; add the milk diluted with the water and cook in a double boiler until thick; add the vanilla, cool slightly and pour into the pastry shell. Cover with a meringue made with the egg whites and the granulated sugar; brown lightly in a very low oven. -- Mrs. Geo. Hetherington
Sugar, or Shoo-Fly PieFirst Part: 3 cups flour, 1 cup sugar, 3/4 cup butter, or lard. Rub thoroughly. This makes crumbs for the top.
Second Part: 1 cup molasses, 1 cup hot water, 1 teaspoon soda (dissolved in water). Put water and molasses together and add soda. Divide into four plates (portions), then add crumbs on top and bake with under crust only.
Buttermilk PieTwo cups buttermilk, 2 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 eggs, 1 cup sugar. Bake with an undercrust only. Makes enough for two pies.
Canadian Backwoods PieOne cup brown sugar, 1 cup syrup (maple syrup, if convenient), 1/2 cup sweet milk, butter size of an egg, yolks of 3 eggs, nutmeg to taste. Beat all together, lastly add the egg whites well beaten. Bake with one crust in moderate oven till done.
Bachelor's Fruit PieOne and one-half cups flour, 1 large tablespoon baking powder, pinch of spice to suit your taste, pinch of salt, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1/2 cup raisins or currants, milk enough to make the biscuit dough.
Take a small deep pot or kettle, in which melt 2 tablespoons lard, or butter. Put in the dough so that it will cover the bottom, then melt 1 tablespoon lard, or butter, and pour over top. Bake about 15 minutes in quick oven.
Note on Fruit Pies: Put a little soda in sour fruit and pies will require less sugar.
Enjoy trying these easy pie recipes from an earlier time. Though different from the popular pies of today, they are nevertheless, delicious.
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