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.
