Our favorite recipes (Stake Relief Society, 1954)

Cream butter add sugar and cream well. Add eggs beat- en with salt. Mix well, stir in pecans and vanilla. Turn into baked pie shell. Bake slowly (350 F) until filling is firm about 1 hour. Delpha P. Wall ORANGE CHIFFON PIE 1 level tbep. gelatine 1 tbsp. grated orange rind i cup cold water 1 tbsp. lemon juice 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 5 cup orange juice 3 tap. salt Soak gelatine in cold water for 5 minutes. Add 4 cup sugar, juice and salt to beaten yolks and cook over boiling water until of custard consistency. Add the grated rind, the softened gelatine and stir thoroughly. Cool. When it begins to thicken fold in stiffly beat- en egg whites to which the other # cup of sugar has been added. Fill baked pie shell and chill. Just before serving spread with thin layer of whipped cream. Florence Bennett 87 PINEAPPLE PIES 6 eggs 1 can pineapple 2c. sugar %; c. cake flour 3 c. butter lc. boiling water Take yellows of eggs and cream with butter and sugar. Add flour; cream again, add fruit, then add water. Cook over low heat until thick. Pour into cooked shells. Enough to mike 2 pies. Make meringue of whites and place on pies. Brown. Konda Atkisson GLAZED STRAWBERRY PIE 4c. (1 qt.) strawberries i tsp. salt hulled and washed t c. whipped cream 3/4 c. water 1 tbep. sugar (for cream) 25 tbsp. cornstorch 3/4 c. sugar Crush 1c, strawberries in saucepan. Add water: bring to boiling - simmer 3 minutes. Strain juice from cooked strawberries: add water, if needed, to mke 1 cup combine sugar, cornstorch, and salt in a saucepan. Slowly add strained juice stirring canstantly; cook 3 minutes or until thick and clear: remove from heat: cool slightly, spoon glaze over strawberries, being careful to coat each one. Chill pie just before serv- ing. Whip cream and spread on top of pie. LEMON SILVER CREAM PIE 4 egg yolks 13 tbsp. gelatin (5 pkg.) 5 Cc. sugar t c. water Juice of 1 lemon 4 egg whites Rind of 1 lemon, grated $c. sugar 1 9-inch baked pastry shell Beat erg yolks with s c. sugar, juice and rind of lemon. Put in double boiler and cook until thick and creamy, stirring constantly. Soak gelatin in cold water, then stir into egg and sugar mixture. Cool. Beat egg whites with remining 4 c. sugar until stiff and fold into gelatine mixture. Pour into pie shell and chill in frig. for 2 hr. or more, If desires spread with sweetened whipped cream to serve, Mary Jean Nelson 88 MERINGUE COOKIES lc. Crisco 1 tsp. vanilla $ c. white sugar 2c. sifted all-p. flour 3 @. brown sugar ~ tap. salt 2 egg yolks =; tep. baking powder 3 tbs. water i; tsp. baking soda Cream Crisco and sugar. Add egg yolks, water, vanil- la and dry ingredients. Spread in a 12" by 16" greased and floured cookie pan. Sprinkle chopped dates and nuts over the top and cover with a meringue mde of 4 beaten egg whites and 1 cup light brown sugar. Bake at 360° for about 35 minutes. When done let stand until almost cold before cutting and removing from pan. May substitute chocolate bits (little less than one pkg.) for the dates. Lyle Paine SANTA CLAUS COOKIES 2 cups butter tsp. cloves 2 cups sugar 5 tsp baking soda 4 cups flour tsp. salt 4 tsp. cinnamon s cup sour cream 3 tsp. nutmeg 5 cup nuts, chopped Cream butter with sugar. Sift flour with spices, salt and soda and add alternately with sour cream to creamed mixture. Add nuts. Knead together well. Shape into a loaf, wrap in waxed paper and chill in the refrigerator overnight. Slice and bake in hot oven (400 degrees F.) until browned. Makes 72 cookies (2 X & inches). COCO-ROORS 2 egg whites 2c. corn flakes lc. sugar 1 tsp. vanilla lc. cocoanut ¢ tep. salt Beat whites stiff, fold in sugar and coccanut, add corn flakes, vanilla and salt. Drop on buttered cookie sheet -=- Bake 10 minutes at 3509. Clara Nichols 90 OATMEAL CRISPIES 1 cup shortening 13 cup flour