Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1915 — PIES OF RARE MERIT [ARTICLE]

PIES OF RARE MERIT

•OME RECIPEB THAT HAVE ESTABU 8H ED WORTH. What la Known as the "Pie of Five" la Excellent—-Good One Made With Brown Sugar—Delicious Bpice Pie. The Pie of Five.— One large. Juicy lemon, one cupful of sugar, one egg, one good-sized potato and one cupful of water. Grate the rind of the lemon and add the lemon juice and egg. Beat well. Grate the potato or put through food chopper. Stir well with the other Ingredients and then add the water. Place in a double boiler or saucepan and let thicken, and in two crusts.

Brown Sugar Pie. —Two-thirds of a cupful of brown sugar, one tablespoonful of butter and two tablespoonfuls of milk. Cook until waxy looking, then take the yolks of two eggs, one heaping tablespoonful of flour and one and one-half cupfuls of milk. Mix all together smooth, add to the above ingredients, cook until thick, and add vanilla. Have a baked crust, use the whites beaten stiff for the top, and return to the oven for a minute or two.

Grapefruit Pie. —First bake a shell as for lemon pie, then make a filling as follows: Mix one tablespoonful of cornstarch in a little cold water, and over this pour one cupful of boiling water. To this add the juice of two grapefruits, the grated rind and juice of one orange, the beaten yolks of two eggs, and the white of one, and a small piece of butter. Put all in the double boiler and cook until thick, stirring all the time. When done, put in the shell. Now beat “up the white of the second egg with one-half a cupful of sugar until thick, and spread with a knife over the pie. Put in the oven and let brown lightly. Serve cold. This makes a delicious pie. Delicious Spice Pie.—The yolks of three eggs, one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of cream, two tablespoonfuls of flour, two-thirds of a cupful of butter, one teaspoonful of spice, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix the flour and sugar together, then cream with the butter. Add the yolks of the eggs, beating thoroughly. Next add cream and spices. Use the whites for the frosting.

Turnip Pie. —Put two cupfuls of mashed cooked turnips Into a basin, add three-quarters of a cupful of brown sugar, three well-beaten eggs, two tablespoonfuls of molasses, one tablespoonful of melted butter, one tablespoonful of powdered ginger, one teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon, and one-quarter of a teaspoonful of salt. Mix and bake in one (yrust like a pumpkin pie. Sweet Potato Pie.—Bake the sweet potatoes and cut them in half-inch slices, put them in a pie plate on the lower crust, fill the plate, and sprinkle with butter and sugar and a little water. Put on the upper crust and bake.