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1 egg. Stir until it foams. Add the fruit and nuts and put in patty shells and bake in hot oven (400° F.) until fillings set and then in a moderate oven (350° F.) until well browned. Serve with whipped cream. This recipe makes 12 individual pies. Kentucky Pie (From the Idle Hour Farm) 3 cups brown sugar 3 eggs % cup butter ~y>2 cup cream 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 pinch salt Cream the butter, eggs and sugar together and then add the balance of the ingredients. Fill a pie shell and bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) 30 minutes. Real Southern Lemon Pie P/2 cups sugar % cup pastry flour 3 eggs, separated iy± cups water pinch of salt 1 tablespoon butter 1 lemon (juice) grated rind of one lemon Place in double boiler the sugar and 1 cup of water, to it add the butter and salt. Blend the flour with the remaining ^4 cup of water and add to the sugar and water. Then gradually add the beaten egg yolks and let cook until it thickens, remove from the fire and let cool, then add the lemon juice and rind. Put in baked pie shell and place on top the well beaten egg whites to which 2 tablespoons of confectioners sugar have been added and well beaten. Bake in slow oven (300° F.) until the meringue browns. Beef steaks, poke chop, Gimme a little sop, Make a nigger's mouth go flippity flop. Jelly Pie 1 unbaked pie shell 4 egg whites, well beaten 4 egg yolks, well beaten y<z cup strawberry jelly y% cup butter ll/2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon lemon juice Cream butter, adding sugar slowly and beat well. Add yolks and jelly and fold in the whites of eggs. Mix in the lemon juice and pour in pie shell. Bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) for about thirty minutes. Cocoanut Pie V-2 cup shredded cocoanut 3 eggs, separated y-z cup sugar 2 cups scalded milk pinch of salt Beat yolks with sugar and pinch of salt. Add well beaten whites. Stir in scalded milk and last mix in the cocoanut. Bake in a deep pie plate with under crust only, hot oven (475° F.) for first 15 minutes and moderate oven (350° F.) for half hour. Pumpkin Pie 1 cup canned or baked and strained pump- kin y± cup sugar % teaspoon salt % teaspoon mace % teaspoon cinnamon y-2 teaspoon vanilla % teaspoon cloves y± teaspoon ginger 2 beaten eggs % cup milk l/2 cup cream Mix dry ingredients. Add pumpkin, eggs, milk and cream gradually. Bake for 15 min- utes in a hot (475° F.) oven and for 25 min- utes in a moderate oven (350° F.), in a pie plate lined with plain pastry for pie crusts. (To bake pumpkin for pie, wash and cut the pumpkin in half crosswise. Scrape out seeds and stringy parts. Place in dripping pan, shell side up, and bake un- til it begins to fall apart and is tender. Scrape pulp from shell and strain.) 38 THE SOUTHERN COOK BOOK White House Pecan Pie 1 cup unbroken pecan meats 1 cup dark table syrup 2 tablespoons butter 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream the butter and sugar, add the table syrup, the beaten eggs, the pecans and vanilla. Beat together well. Put in unbaked pie shell and bake in a slow oven (275° F.) for about 30 minutes. Serve with whipped cream. Apple Pot Pie % dozen baking apples % cup butter or other shortening 4 cups flour 3/4 teaspoon salt ^4 teaspoon cinnamon % pound butter