Cream Pie

2 eggs well beaten

1/2 cup sugar

1 pint milk (2/3 condensed milk, 1/3 water

2 tablespoons cornstarcb vanilla

Method :

Mix sugar and cornstarch well, stir eggs into milk and add to first mixture. Add vanilla and put in double boiler and cook till thick enough to cut with a knife. Cool and put in baked pie crust. Add meringue and brown and serve at once. (Use whites of two more eggs and one of eggs used in pie for meringue).

Julia Pitkin Davenport, Xi.

Pineapple Pie

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1/2 cup butter

1 cup grated pineapple

Method :

Cream butter and sugar. Separate eggs and add yolks. When mixed, add whites and grated pineapple and cornstarch. Cook until thick. Cool and fill shell. Make a meringue with white of one egg and tablespoon of sugar. Brown lightly.

Dorothy Wilson, Xi.

Rambler Pie

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 1/2 cups sour cream

1 cup raisins

2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons butter

3 tablespoons vinegar 1 teaspoon allspice

1 teaspoon cinnamon

4 egg yolks

Method ;

Cook all together until thick, bake crust and pour in mixture, with white of eggs on top.

Bess Beckett Matthew, Xi.

Lemon Pie

11/4 cups sugar 1/3 cup flour few grains salt juice of 11/2 lemons

Grated rind of one lemon .3 egg yolks 1 cup boiling water 1 teaspoon butter

Method :

Mix sugar, flour and salt, add boiling water, stirring constantly. Cook fifteen minutes, then add butter, egg yolks, rind and juice of one and one-half lemons. Turn into pie crust which has been baked. Make a meringue of the three egg whites beaten until very stiff and add two tablespoons of sugar and one-fourth tea-spoon of lemon flavoring. Cover pie with meringue and bake in moderate oven until brown. This makes one pie.

Jacqueline Norwood Duffie, Xi.

Chess Pies

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

3 egg yolks, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup chopped dates

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Method :

Put into individual pie crusts and bake. Serve with whipped cream. Will serve eight.

Elizabeth Kuehmsted Moore, Xi.

Chess Pies

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter 3 egg yolks

1/4 cup milk

3/4 cup English walnuts

1/2 cup raisins

1 teaspoon vanilla a

Method:

Cream together sugar and butter, add well beaten yolks and milk to raisins which have been previously boiled in two cups water until almost dry. Add vanilla. Line gem pans with rich pie crust, fill and bake in hot oven until crust is done. Cover with meringue, return to oven and brown.

Marion Crater Davy, Xi.

Cocoanut Cream Pie

1 pint milk

1 cup sugar

1 tablespoon butter

4 tablespoons flour whites of 4 eggs

1 cup grated cocoanut pinch of salt

Method :

Scald the pint of milk in a double boiler. Add sugar, cocoa-nut and butter, then the flour and salt which have been mixed with cold milk and lastly the beaten whites of the eggs. Stir gently. Bake crust after pricking with a fork. When both are cold, spread mixture over the crust then whip one and one-half cups cream. Sweeten and spread this over the top or make meringue of whites of four more eggs and spread over top and sprinkle with cocoanut and brown lightly. This is enough for two pies.

Clarine Anderson, Lelia Harwood Smith, Xi.

Butterscotch Pie

Three tablespoons butter, melt in a spider, cook slowly until light brown. Add three tablespoons flour. Cook as for cream sauce. Add 1 cup milk. In separate dish, beat two eggs light (just the yolks may be used). Add one cup sifted brown sugar. Add this to hot sauce. Boil up. Add little salt. Cool and pour into crusts. Cover with meringue and brown.

Marion Crater Davy, Xi.

Butterscotch Pie

1 cup brown sugar 1 heaping tablespoon butter Mix together; then add yolks of 2 eggs 1 cup milk

1 tablespoon flour 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method :

Line pie tin with rich crust. Pour in filling and bake in a moderate oven. Use whites of eggs, beaten with two tablespoons powdered sugar for meringue.

Lelia Harwood Smith, Xi.

Chess Pies

7 egg yolks

2 cups powdered white sugar

1 cup butter

1/4 teaspoon extract of bitter almond

Method:

Cream butter and sugar, add the egg yolks which have been well beaten, then the flavoring. Beat all together thoroughly, spread over pastry and bake. When done cool for a few minutes and cover with meringue made of the egg whites, using two tablespoons of white sugar to each egg. Return to oven and brown. This makes three pies.

Janet Bowman, Xi.