Cocoanut Pie

Ingredients

• One-half pound grated cocoanut
• six ounces butter
• three-fourths pound white sugar
• whites of five eggs
• one wine-glass sherry wine
• one teaspoon grated nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Beat butter and sugar, add cocoanut, then fold in beaten egg whites.

2. 2

   Bake in open shells.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 52. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COCOANUT PIE. One cup of desiccated cocoanut soaked in milk; two - tablespoons of cornstarch, three eggs, a little butter and salt, a little sugar, and the grated rind of half a lemon. Bake without upper crust. APPLE MERINGUE PIE. Stew nice cooking apples, mash until smooth and sea- son with nutmeg. Bake without a top crust, and when done, spread over the top a frosting made by beating the ae ey ee BES NR UE Seas Ait, at ay pe Ne hy REPO se a ied pre Te a m0 We Boren tee se Se ie Aye RAR a he eee ae fete ap Whe ev See Ras Na TRAE eT At UN Ses y ¥ x * 174 DORA’S COOK BOOK. whites of three eggs with three tablespoons of pulverized _ sugar. Replace in the oven and slightly brown. | EXCELLENT MINCE PIE. Two pounds of boiled tongue, four pounds of suet, six pounds of currants, three pounds of chopped apples, the juice and rind of two lemons, a pint of sweet wine, one pound of citron, one pound of orange and lemon peel. Flavor to taste with nutmeg, cloves and mace. ELDERBERRY PIE. One-half pint of berries to a pie, one tablespoon of good vinegar, two tablespoons water, a little sifted flour, sweet- en and flavor to taste. SALT PORK APPLE PIE. Line a tin basin with pastry; nearly fill it with tart quartered apples; season with pepper, and cover with thin slices of salt pork. Put a paste on top, and bake an — hour in a moderate oven. COCOANUT PIE. One-half pound grated cocoanut, six ounces butter, three-fourths pound white sugar, whites of five eggs, one wine-glass sherry wine, one teaspoon grated nutmeg

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