Cocoanut Pie

1 cup of grated cocoanut, if dessicated soak over night in milk; if fresh, this will be unnecessary. Put this in a large coffee cup and fill up with milk. When ready to bake, take 2 teaspoonfuls of flour, mix smooth with 1 cupful of milk, place on the stove and stir until it thickens. To prevent scorching it is best to put the dish in a kettle of boiling water. While warm, add 1 tablespoonful of butter. When cold, put in:

2 yolks of eggs.

A pinch of salt.

½ cupful of sugar.

Cocoanut. Beat all together. Fill the crust. When done, beat the two whites with 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar, spread over the top and brown lightly in the oven. This will make one pie. The whites of the eggs may be used instead of the yolks. If this is done, sprinkle powdered sugar thickly over the top before serving. The yolks of the eggs may be utilized by making lemon pie without a meringue, or gold cake, ginger bread or salad dressing.

Washington Pie

1 cupful of sugar.

11/3 cupfuls of flour.

1/3 cupful of butter.

1 egg.

½ cupful of sweet milk.

1 teaspoonful of cream-tartar.

1 teaspoonful of lemon extract.

½ teaspoonful of soda. Bake on three round tins. When done, put a layer of nice apple sauce between and on top of the cakes. Jelly or jam may be substituted and the pie served with a sauce.

Washington Cream Pie

Made a cake as for Washington pie, bake in two or three layers and spread the cream used for making Mock-cream Pie. Delicious. Serve cold.

Ripe Tomato Pie

Line a pie-plate with a nice crust. Peel and shoe sufficient tomatoes, (half ripe ones are really better), to fill the pie. Sprinkle over the top ½ cupful of sugar, 1 teaspoonful of flour, butter, the size of a walnut, cut this in bits, and flavor with lemon. Cover with an upper crust.

Green Tomato Pie

Take 12 common-sized tomatoes. Wipe, peel and parboil until turning soft. Turn off the water and place in the pie-dish lined with crust. Add - 4 tablespoonfuls vinegar. Butter size of a walnut. 1 teaspoonful flour. 2/3 cupful of sugar.

½ teaspoonful salt. Lemon or ginger. Cover with a top crust well pressed down to the lower edge to prevent the juice escaping. If ripe tomatoes are used omit the parboiling.

Zante Currant Pie

Clean and stew in water, When done sweeten, dredge in flour enough to thicken the juice. Bake with two crusts or take either of the recipes given for Raisin Pie and prepare the currants in the same manner.

Sweet Potato Pie

Boil the potatoes very soft. Peel, mash and put through a colander. Have a pie-dish lined with paste. To 1 cupful of the potatoes add:

1 quart sweet milk. '

2 tablespoonfuls melted butter. 2 or 3 beaten eggs.

2/3 cupful sugar.

Nutmeg or cinnamon to flavor. Beat together the butter and sugar. Add the potatoes, a little at a time, then the eggs and flavoring. Fill the paste-lined tins and bake. This will make two large, or three small pies.