Try These Delicious Old Fashion Pies For Great Desserts – Grape, Grated Apple, and Banana Cream
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Linda_Carol_Wilson]Linda Carol Wilson
I love all the fancy newer pie recipes but to me there is nothing like a good old-fashion pie. I have pulled some favorites from my collection of the old pies my family and I love and I am sharing them with you. Aunt Jane’s Grape Pie was a family recipe for generations. Elsie’s Grated Apple Pie was the one my late Aunt made when I was a child approximately 60 years ago, and the Banana Cream was used in my family as long as I can remember. If you have fond memories of pies like these or would like to find out what a good old-fashion pie tastes like, I suggest you try these recipes the next time you want pie. And let the memories take over or start new ones in your family.
AUNT JANE’S GRAPE PIE
How often do you hear of a grape pie today? Yet I remember them from childhood. Another treat that has slipped by the wayside! This recipe is as written down all those many years ago.
Pastry for a 2-crust pie
4 cups stemmed Concord grapes
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. grated orange rind
1 tbsp. quick-cooking tapioca
For the filling, slip grapes out of skins; save skins. Cook pulp until seeds loosen; press through a coarse sieve. Mix sieved pulp, skins, sugar, lemon juice, orange rind, and tapioca. Let stand for 5 minutes. Pour into unbaked pie crust. Top with the top crust in a lattice design. Bake in preheated 425 degree oven for about 40 minutes until the crust is golden brown.
ELSIE’S GRATED-APPLE PIE
I have no idea why it matters if you make this pie early in the day or late in the day. However, this part of the instructions was written to get attention so I have added it here. Perhaps it was to use the oven before the heat of the day? After all they didn’t have air-conditioning back then.
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 tbsp. granulated sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
4 pared large tart apples
2 tbsp. grated lemon rind
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
Early in day: Start heating oven to 350 degrees. Into bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; with pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until very fine. With fork, beat together 2 tbsp. sugar, 1 egg, and vanilla; stir into butter mixture. With fingers, press cookie-crust mixture to bottom and side of a 9″ pie plate, and form small rim. Using fine grater, grate apples. Add lemon rind and juice, 1 cup sugar, and 1 egg; mix well. Turn into lined pie plate. Bake 50 to 60 min. Cool on wire rack. Top with 1 or more cheese cutouts (use cookie cutter and packaged process Cheddar cheese slices).
OLD FASHION LAYERED BANANA CREAM PIE
1 cup sugar, divided
3 tbsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
3 eggs, separated
1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup water
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 baked 9-inch pie shell
1 1/2 cups sliced ripe bananas
Mix 2/3 cup of the sugar, cornstarch, salt, and egg yolks together in a heavy saucepan. Combine the milk and water then slowly stir into the sugar mixture. Cover over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened – about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract. Cool and allow to cool.
Stir cooled filling and pour half into the baked pie shell. Layer the bananas over the filling then top with the remaining filling mixture.
In a deep bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Continue beating while gradually adding the remaining 1/3 cup of the sugar, until stiff peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Spread meringue over the top of the pie being sure to seal the edges to the crust. Bake at 425 degrees until meringue is a light golden brown. Cool completely before cutting.
Store leftovers (if you have any!) in the refrigerator.
Enjoy!
For more of Linda’s old-fashion recipe collection visit her blog at [http://grandmasvintagerecipes.blogspot.com]http://grandmasvintagerecipes.blogspot.com.
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