Apple Pie

Tart apples 1 cup sugar Salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon or 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Line pan with Fie Crust No. 1 or No. 2. Put in layer of thinly sliced apples, sprinkle with sugar into which spice has been mixed, and also a tablespoonful of flour if apples are juicy, dot with bits of butter. Repeat these layers until pan is full, cover with top crust, prick with fork, brush over with water or milk and bake in moderate oven.

Chocolate Pie

1 pint milk

2 egg yolks 1 cup sugar

3 scant tablespoons chocolate 1 tablespoon cornstarch Butter size of walnut

Bake crust first. Put milk into double boiler, let come to a boil. Mix well the other ingredients and add to the boiling milk. Put into baked crust. Beat whites of eggs with one tablespoon sugar, spread on top and brown.

Crtustless Custard Pie

2 tablespoons flour 4 tablespoons sugar

3 eggs, well beaten

1 quart milk

Vanilla

Salt

Mix eggs, sugar, flour and salt together. Add milk slowly, beating constantly, flavor, pour into large buttered pie pan. Bake in moderate oven until custard sets.

Custard Pie

3 whole eggs or yolks of 6 3 heaping tablespoons granulated sugar 1 tablespoon melted butter

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 3/4 cup rich milk (cold)

Nutmeg or extract

Beat eggs and sugar in a bowl until well mixed, add butter, salt and beat again, then milk and pour into deep pie plate, lined with pastry. Dust the top with nutmeg and bake in a moderate oven until custard sets.

This is a good way to use up yolks after making white cake, and is even better than the whole egg. A little cream is also better than butter.

Eggless Pumpkin Pie

1 cup cooked pumpkin

2 cups cream or milk (if milk add butter)

1 teaspoon flour

1 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon ginger Pinch of salt Cinnamon, nutmeg

Mix dry ingredients, add to pumpkin and milk. Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over pie and bake in a moderate oven. Some like two teaspoons of molasses and white sugar and one teaspoon baking powder added to this.

Lemon Pie No. 1

.4 eggs

1 cup sugar

Juice of 1 1/2 lemons Grated rind of lemons

Beat yolks of eggs well, add sugar, lemon juice and rind, put into double boiler and cook until a thick cream, beat into this the very stiff whites, pour into already baked pie-crust and place in hot oven to brown.

Lemon Pie No. 2

1 cup sugar 1 cup cold water 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 slightly rounded tablespoon flour

2 eggs

Butter size of small egg

Juice of lemon

Blend sugar, yolks of eggs, flour and cornstarch, add water, butter and grated rind of lemon. Cook in saucepan until mixture thickens, stirring constantly. Turn into a baked pie-crust, cover with a meringue made of the whites of eggs and one tablespoon sugar, cover pie and brown.

Lemon Pie No. 3

1 slice of bread 1 1/2in. thick 1 1/2 cups boiling water 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 1/2 lemons

3 yolks of eggs 2 or 3 whites Butter size of egg

Pour boiling water over bread, add sugar, beaten yolks, juice and grated rind of lemon, melted butter. Bake in uncooked crust, cover with meringue made from beaten whites to which three level tablespoons of sugar have been added. Brown in oven.

Lemon Pie No. 4

3 eggs

4 tablespoons sugar 1 lemon

5 tablespoons water Salt

To well beaten yolks add water, sugar, salt, juice and rind of one lemon. Put into double boiler and cook until mixture thickens. Beat whites of eggs until stiff, add four tablespoons sugar, one at a time and fold into custard. Pour into baked crust. Bake until custard puffs up.

Mince Meat, Vegetarian

3 pints sour apples

3 Pints green tomatoes (peeled and water pressed out)

4 cups brown sugar 1 pint boiled cider or 1 cup vinegar

3 cups raisins

1/2 teaspoon each of cloves, mace and allspice 2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon Juice of 1 lemon

Grind or chop apples and tomatoes. Mix all together and cook slowly three hours. Seal in glass jars for winter use. In making the pie, before putting on top crust, dot with pieces of butter. This takes the place of the suet in the old-fashioned mince meat.

Pineapple Pie

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1/2 cup butter

1 can pineapple

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1 cup sweet cream

Make pie crust. Beat butter, sugar and yolks of eggs to a cream, add pineapple (minced). Dissolve cornstarch in cream and add to mixture, mix thoroughly. Beat whites of eggs very stiff, fold in lightly. Fill crust, bake in moderate oven. Serve cold. If desired, both yolks and whites of eggs may be beaten in with pineapple and pie baked with two crusts.

Rhubarb Pie

1 1/2 cups rhubarb 2/3 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tablespoon flour

Prepare the rhubarb and scald it as for stewing; mix with the other ingredients and bake between two crusts.

Squash Or Pumpkin Pie

3 cups squash 1/2 cup molasses 2 eggs 2 cups milk

2 cups brown sugar 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon, ginger, cloves

Make pie crust. Mix ingredients together, place in crust and bake in moderate oven about half an hour.