Prune Custard Pie

Cook prunes without sugar until they leave the seed easily. Line a pie plate with rich pastry and put in a good thick layer of seeded prunes. Make a custard with one-half cup sugar, yolks of two eggs and one pint milk; pour over and bake until custard is set. Have the whites of eggs beaten stiff with one tablespoon sugar and one teaspoon vanilla extract. Spread on pie and put back in oven to brown. - Mrs. Sam Helck.

Sour Cream Pie

One cup of brown sugar, yolks of two eggs, one tablespoon flour, one tablespoon butter, one teaspoon vanilla, one cup sour cream. Bake in slow oven. When baked take beaten whites of two eggs, one tablespoon of sugar. Spread on top, put back in oven and brown.-Bertrude Potter, Harrisburg, Illinois.

Cocoanut Pie

Bake two shells in deep pie pan, and fill with following mixture: Two cups milk, three-fourths cup sugar, one box cocoanut. Let come to a boil and add two tablespoons (heaping) flour and enough water to make thin batter. Add this to milk, sugar and cocoanut, and let cook till it thickens. Add the beaten whites of two eggs after you take off stove. Fill shells and ice. - Mrs. George Mussett.

Pumpkin Pie

One pint pumpkin, one pint milk, one cup sugar, one-half tea-spoon salt, one-half teaspoon ginger, one-half teaspoon cinnamon and two eggs. - Irene Batson.

Pumpkin Pie

One or two eggs, one cup of old fashioned brown sugar, one cup of pumpkin, one teaspoon cinnamon, one-half teaspoon ginger and one-half teaspoon salt. Milk as thin as desired. Bake in moderate oven. When nearly done lift to the upper shelf to make a rich brown.-Mrs. B. F. Batson.

Cream Pie

Two cups of milk, heaping tablespoon flour, two eggs, two table-spoons sugar and flavoring. Bake crust separate. - Mrs. B. F. Batson.

Lemon Pie

Two eggs, one cup sugar, one-half cup lemon juice, one tablespoon flour, one tablespoon butter, one cup hot water. Use whites of eggs for icing. Bake crust separate. - Mrs. B. F. Batson.

Lemon Pie

One tablespoon butter, creamed with one cup of sugar, the grated rind of one lemon, three eggs, reserving whites of two for meringue.

Three tablespoons cream, mix well, then add juice of one lemon, strained. Bake in rich paste in slow oven. - Mrs. Hattie Staley Craig, Dallas, Texas.

Banana Pie

Mix sugar and flour in bottom of crust, add one tablespoon vinegar to one cup water, tablespoon butter. Let bake, then slice bananas in pie and put meringue on top and let brown slightly. - Mrs. Wm. Tilroe.

Strawberry Short Cake

One quart flour, two heaping teaspoons Royal Baking Powder, two tablespoons white sugar, a little salt, mix while dry. Then add three tablespoons butter. To one large cup of sweet milk add one egg. Bake in three layers. - Mrs. A. Blood.

Individual Short Cake

Make baking powder biscuit and sweeten slightly. Roll out an inch thick, cut in diamonds, squares or circles and bake in a hot oven. When done break open, never cut, butter them and put mashed and sweetened berries with one or two large berries cut in halves, sprinkled with powdered sugar on top, and the mashed berries between, and if wished, crown each with a spoonful of whipped cream. - Daisy Nash.