1.5 cups sugar
3 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup melted butter
1 tsp vanilla
Sprinkle toasted chopped pecans in bottom of unbaked pie shell.
Pour all mixed ingredients over nuts.
Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Lower temperature to 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
Makes enough for 4 pies or more.
5 lbs flour
3.5 lbs crisco
salt
Mix with cold milk or ice water until the dough holds together.
Roll out onto pie plates.
5.5 ounces of cut dates
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup boiling water
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp butter
1 egg
1 cup chopped toasted nuts
1 tsp vanilla
1.5 cups flour
Soak dates in boiling water and baking soda.
Mix rest of ingredients, then add date mixture.
Grease and flour loaf pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.
Enough apples for 4 pies
Mix sliced and peeled apples with 1 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp lemon juice
Mix together:
6 cups sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup farina
2 tbsp cinnamon
1 tbsp nutmeg
Add mixture to apples and mix well.
Cover with streusal topping and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Lower temperature and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Sift the flour and salt onto wax paper. Save the sugar for later. Use a pastry blender and cut up the crisco into small pieces, add ice water and blend until it comes to a ball.
Roll out onto wax paper with a little flour.
Spray the pie plate with PAM. Flip the rolled pie crust onto plate.
Brush shell with a little milk and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake a single pie at 450 degrees for 15 minutes. Bake longer for a two crust pie. It made one big deep dish crust plus a little left over.
SiftMarco Polo bread (Round)
Cut the top off and scoop the bread out of the middle.
Fill in this order:
Black greek olives (no pits)
Artichoke hearts (marinated or plain)
Prosciutto
mortadella
hot cappicola
suppresetta
piacenti (tuscan grilled ham)
provolone
sliced tomatoes
lettuce
Put the top of the bread on the loaf and cut into quarters
