recipes

My Best Pie Crust Mix

( No one can fail to make good pie crust with this recipe)

8 C flour

3 C Crisco shortening

1 T salt

Cut ingredients. together in a large bowl, then store in an airtight container in frig until ready to us.

Then:

Use 1T ice water per ½ cup of mix …or…

1 crust uses 1 & 1/2 cups mix ( plus 3 T ice water)

Mix together in a bowl until dough makes a loose ball, roll on a lightly floured board. Makes 1 9 inch pie shell.

I have a special recipe for Christmas. Something I make every Christmas eve.

 It's a cream Puff with a special filling that is so delicious you won't want to miss out on it.

 You will be a star for making these! And easy ..easy!!!!

If interested, write me:

jerez598atgmaildotcom

The world's Best Chocolate Pie

( Warning! You will never eat chocolate pie away from home again!)

1 & ½ C sugar

4 heaping T Flour

8 T cocoa ( or 2 packets of redi blend)

1 t vanilla

3 C milk

3 egg yolks

½ stick margarine ( 2oz)

Mix sugar, flour and cocoa, add milk mixed with egg yolks, cook until thick. Remove from heat, add margarine and vanilla

Pour into a baked 9 inch pie shell. Make meringue from egg whites. Bake 20 minutes at 325.

Best Cream Pie Filling

¾ C sugar

½ C cornstarch or ½ C flour

dash salt

blend until smooth

Add gradually, 2 C scalded milk.

Cook in double boiler till thick

Add a small amount of mix to 3 slightly beaten egg yolks, then stir this into mixture. ( keeps eggs from curdling)

Cook 2 minutes and add 3 T margarine. Cool to lukewarm before pouring into shells.

Banana…slice bananas into bottom of shell, add filling, add bananas to top, then add meringue and bake till lightly brown.

Pineapple…omit ½ C milk in filling, before adding eggs, add ½ crushed pineapple with juice..top with meringue bake

Coconut….Stir ½ C shredded coconut into filling. Add meringue, and sprinkle top of meringue with some coconut, Bake till lightly brown. 325 for maybe 15 minutes.

Lemon Meringue Pie

5 T cornstarch

1 and 1/2 C sugar

3 C hot milk

5 T lemon juice

Grated peel of 1 lemon

1 - 9” pie shell

Meringue

Mix cornstarch and sugar in double boiler with hot milk and cook until thick and smoothe.

Cook covered 15 min. pour small amount of mixture in with 3 beaten egg yolks, then add at to the mixture ( to keep from curdling)

Add lemon Juice and peel. Mix well.

Pour into shell, top with meringue bake until lightly brown. ( 350 for 20 minutes)

Mom’s Pumpkin Cake

2 C flour

2 C sugar

3 t cinnamon

½ t salt

3 t soda

mix and add 1 small can pumpkin and 1&1/2 crisco oil ( I use 1 cup, works fine)

Bake 1 hour at 300 in a bundt pan.

Frosting

6 oz cream cheese

½ stick margarine

8 oz powdered sugar

½ t vanilla

Mix, and frost,

Or just sprinkle cake with powdered sugar

These cake recipes were my Mom’s. She has been gone a long long time, since I was 23. Never forgotten, miss her so much. Hope you enjoy her recipes for cake.

Mom’s fruit Cocktail cake

2 C fruit cocktail

2 C flour

1 and ½ C sugar

2 t soda

2 large eggs

beat well

Bake in a greased, floured rectangular pan 1 hour @300.

Filling/topping

½ C or 1 stick margarine

1 C sugar

6 or 7 oz can milk…Boil for 2 minutes, and pour over hot cake directly from oven.