Graham Cracker Pie Crust

Graham Cracker Crust

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups fine graham cracker crumbs ( 14 crackers crushed finely )

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup butter melted

2 tablespoons sugar

Directions

Crush your graham crackers to make fine crumbs place them into a bowl, add your sugar,salt and melted butter. Mix them together.

grab your pie plate and with a firm push, press it onto the bottom and sides then place into a refrigerator to chill completely. ( must be chilled before you fill with a pie filling and bake )

Depression Apple Pie

apple-pie

Created at a time when fresh food was both scarce and expensive. It uses chemical reactions to simulate a fresh apple pie without the use of any apples with both taste and texture.

 

Ingredients

1 – 9 inch double  pie crust

2 cups water

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar

25 table water crackers

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 tablespoons butter

Directions

Preheat oven to 450 f

Place water in a saucepan bring to boil,  in a bowl mix ingredients reserving crackers. add ingredients to the boiling water and dissolve. then add in the crackers 1 at a time, boiling for 2 -3 minutes ( do not stir it )

After 2- 3 minutes remove from heat

Pour the mixture into the un-baked pie crust, sprinkle cinnamon  over the crackers and dot the top with butter. layer the top with pie crust and cut vents into it, seal the edges by pinching.

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes and let cool completely before serving.

 

Classic Lemmon Meringue Pie

lemon meringue pie_phixr

Ingredients ( makes 1  – 9″ Pie )

1 – 9″ Pie Shell

4 tbs cornstarch

2 cups sugar

1 cup boiling water

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup lemon juice

1 lemon rind grated

2 tbs butter

4 eggs. seperated

Combine

Cornstarch,1 cup sugar, & boiling water into a sauce pan cook on medium heat stirring constantly till it thickens then add salt,lemon juice, and lemon rind,continue stirring and cooking till completely blended and remove from heat. Beat egg yolks till completely mixed then add lemon mixture to the yolks stirring constantly and return to heat cooking for an additional 4 minutes then turn the fire off and add the butter mixing well.

Once cooled pour into baked pie shell.

Meringue

Beat egg whites till they form a very stiff texture adding 6 tbs sugar at a time while continuing to beat them repeat till egg whites hold shape on a spoon. Spread egg whites evenly over the lemon making sure to cover all edges of the pie.

Bake at 325 f for 15 minutes

Mince Meat

 

mincemeat

5 medium ( 1 lb ) green tomatoes “should equal 2 ground cups”

Place the tomatoes in a sauce pan with 1 cup cold water and bring to a rolling boil cook till soft then drain water.

Then add

1 1/2 pounds ground apple

3/4 cup sugar

2 cups raisins

1/4 # ground beef

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 large orange ground

1/3 cup vinegar

Juice of two lemons ( reserve )

Cooke for an additional 20 minutes in sauce pan then remove from heat then let cool.