Amber Pie (Rich But Delicious)

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1½ cups brown sugar
• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup cream
• ½ cup tart jelly
• 4 tbls. flour

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar, add beaten egg yolks.

2. 2

   Stir flour into cream until smooth; add jelly and vanilla.

3. 3

   Cook in double boiler until thick.

4. 4

   Pour into baked crust, cover with meringue of beaten egg whites and 4 tablespoons sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

AMBER PIE (Rich But Delicious). 4 eggs. 11/2 cups brown sugar. 1/2 cup butter. 1/2 cup cream. 1/2 cup tart jelly. 4 tbls. flour. Cream butter and sugar, add well beaten egg yolks. Stir flour into 1/2 cup cream until very smooth ; add jelly and vanilla to mix- ture. Cook in double boiler until thick. Put in rich baked crust. Cover with meringue of well beaten egg whites and 4 tbls. sugar. This is large pie with thick meringue. Mrs. Lawrence Petty, West Virginia. MOCK CHERRY PIE. 11/2 cups flour. 3 tbls ice cold water. 4 tbls. shortening. 1 t-spoon salt. Cut shortening into flour, add salt, add water one spoonful at a time. Do not knead, pinch into balls, turn out on board and roll, put in pie pan and trim. Filling. 1 cup raw cranberries. Butter size of walnut. 1/2 cup raisins. 1 cup boiling water. % cup sugar. 1 t-spoon vanilla. 3 tbls. flour. Cut cranberries and raisins in halves, mix sugar and flour dry. Pour boiling water over sugar and flour and cook to boiling point. Put raw fruit into mixture; add flavoring, pour into un- cooked pastry. Cut left over pastry into lattice strips, place over pie and cook 30 minutes. Mrs. Chas. Marshall. MACAROON PIE. 3 eggs yolks. 6 almond macaroons, crushed. 1 cup cream or milk. 3 tbls. flour. 1 t-spoon vanilla. 1/2 cup butter

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