Cream Pie Filling

Beat the yolks of three eggs with half a cup of sugar and a tablespoon of soft butter; beat again, then stir a cup of cream into the other ingredients, also a saltspoon of salt. Bake in an open crust and cover with a meringue.

Lemon Pie

One lemon, one cup sugar, two teaspoons flour, four eggs (beaten separately), small piece of butter; grate rind of lemon, squeeze juice into cup and add enough water to make cup half full. Beat yolks and sugar together, add part of lemon juice and let come to boil. Mix flour in remaining juice and stir into same. Remove from stove and stir in beaten whites of three eggs. Bake crust and when custard is cold pour into crust. Beat remaining white and frost. Mrs. W. J. Warr.

Lemon Cream Pie

Bake crust first in deep pan; one pint milk heated to near boiling, one large tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in a little cold milk, yolks of two eggs, one-half cup granulated sugar and the grated rind of one lemon, all beaten together. Stir into the hot milk. When it is well cooked add the juice of one lemon. Cook for a while, then pour into crust. Beat whites of two eggs stiff, then add two tablespoons granulated sugar; beat well and spread over top of pie. Brown in a moderate oven. Mrs. Parsal.

Maple Cream Pie

Two cups scalded milk, one cup brown sugar or maple sugar, one-third cup flour, pinch salt, two eggs. Mix sugar, flour and salt, to this add heated milk; cook until smooth, then add yolks of eggs well beaten; cook for a few minutes until it thickens, then cook about a half hour. Make a meringue of the whites of the eggs and cover the top; brown. Mrs. Darling.

Mock Mince For Pies

Pulverize six soda crackers, one cup brown sugar, one cup molasses, one-half cup vinegar, one-half cup butter, one cup chopped raisins, one cup boiling water, one tea-spoon cloves, one teaspoon allspice, little pepper, two teaspoons cinnamon. Stir all together. Makes three pies. Any sweet pickle juice, or leftover sauce or jelly is good to add. Myrtle M. Rogers.

Mock Cherry Pie

One cup cranberries cut in two, one and one-third cups sugar, one-half cup raisins chopped, one tablespoon flour, one-half cup hot water, one teaspoon vanilla. Mix all together and bake in deep crust.

Kindness of Mrs. M. H.

Currant Pie With Meringue

Three cups mashed ripe currants, three cups sugar, four egg yolks, two tablespoons water, three teaspoons flour. Beat yolks, then mix all together. Put into rich crust and bake. Use the whites for meringue.

Mrs. Kate L. Ballard.

Raisin Pie

One-pound package seedless raisins. Wash and put on stove covered with cold water; sweeten and add juice of one or more lemons if you like it tart; add thickening and boil three to five minutes; pour in crust and put on a top crust and bake one-half hour. This makes two large or three small pies.