Pie Crust

Eight heaping tablespoonfuls of sifted flour, four tablespoon-fuls of water, two tablespoonfuls of lard, pinch of salt. - Mrs. Don Reed, Harper Ferry, Kans.

Open Apple Pie

Line a deep pie tin with crust made of one cup flour, one-third cup cottolene, add just enough water to handle dough, enough for two crusts. Pare and quarter three Belleflower apples and lay rounded side down: make a paste of two-thirds cup of sugar, one tablespoon of butter, one of flour, and two of hot water, fill in around the apples and bake to a light brown. - Mrs. H. S. Aphold, Honolulu, H. I.

English Apple Pie

Use Belleflower apples. Line a pie tin with rich pie crust, place apples in crust quite full, put on top crust and bake. When done remove from oven, with a sharp knife cut all around the edge of crust and remove the top crust, put in butter and sugar; mix all together well, return the top crust and set away until you wish to serve. - Mrs. Geo. Barney, Williams, Ariz.

Sliced Apple Pie

Slice four small Belleflower apples, put just enough water over to stew a little; cover tight and cook a few minutes. Make good rich crust and slip cooked apples into it without breaking up. Then put over one cup sugar, sprinkle lightly with flour, several pieces of butter, and a little nutmeg. Put on top crust and bake. - Miss Retta Beasley, Flagstaff, Ariz.

A woman has thirteen apples and twelve children, and she wants to divide the apples equally. How does she do it? Answer. - She makes apple sauce.

Banana Pie

Bake crust and let cool. Boil one cup of milk, one-half cup of sugar, yolks of two eggs, two tablespoonfuls of flour until it thickens. Let cool; slice two bananas in the crust and pour over the custard; beat whites of eggs stiff, put on top and return to oven to brown. - Mrs. John Clark, Flagstaff, Ariz.

Chess Pie

One cup sugar, one tablespoon flour, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-half teaspoon cloves. Mix well together, add lump butter size of walnut, one egg or yolks of two eggs, one cup water. Boil all together, stirring well. Fill baked crust and cover with meringue (whites of two eggs beaten with two tablespoons sugar), and brown in oven. - Mrs. R. Luce, Win-slow, Ariz.

Cranberry Pie

Mix one-half cup corn starch with two cups sugar, pour on one cup boiling water, and stir until boiling, then add one-half cup molasses, one-half teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful sugar, and one quart cranberries, chopped fine. Use this mixture as a filling for two pies made with upper and lower crusts.

Mrs. E. T. Willard's Squash Pie Without Eggs

Boil until tender one-half medium size squash, then mash through colander, add one pint of milk, seven small soda crackers rolled fine, salt, sugar and spice to taste. This will make two pies. - Contributed, Chicago, 111.

Two Perfect Pies

By Caroline Coe

The cool fall days make the . "good wife" think of a little heavier desert. And as the men of all households adore pie, the two recipes given will be helpful and fill a long-felt wan;.