Cocoanut Pie Baked in a Double Crust

Ingredients

• One grated cocoanut
• whites of 5 eggs (well beaten)
• ^ pound of sugar
• i cup of milk
• i tablespoon of butter
• i tablespoon of Sauer's vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Mix well and bake in a double crust.

2. 2

   Let the top crust be formed of crossed strips, showing the filling in between.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The way to the heart (1905) by Carrie Pickett Moore, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cocoanut Pie Baked in a Double Crust. One grated cocoanut, whites of 5 eggs (well beaten), ^ pound of sugar, i cup of milk, i tablespoon of butter, i table- spoon of Sauer's vanilla. Mix well and bake in a double crust. Let the top crust be formed of crossed strips, showing the filling in between. Cocoanut Gems. Six eggs (whites and yelks beaten separately), i grated cocoanut, i pound of sugar, Sauer's vanilla extract to taste. Beat the yelks and add the sugar, beat the whites and add the cocoanut, and mix together. Line patty pans with pastry and fill with the cocoanut. Drop a spoon of meringue in each one and brown. Lemon Pie. Six eggs, 2 cups of sugar, i cup of milk, 2 tablespoons of corn starch, 3 lemons, rind and juice. Beat the yelks and add the sugar, milk, corn starch and lemon. Set in a pan of boiling water and let it thicken over the fire ; fill pie pans and bake brown. Make a meringue of 6 whites beaten to a froth and 6 tablespoons of sugar added one at a time ; season with Sauer's vanilla and spread over the pies. Let them dry out in a slow oven for 20 minutes, with the door open. The meringue will not fall if cooked in this way. PIES. 69 Lemon Pie. Five eggs (beaten separately), ^ pound of butter, 4 tea- cups sugar, 6 lemons, i teacup of milk. Boil until thick ; fill plates and bake. This is a very sour filling, but a good one, and well worth trying. White Lemon Pie. One teacup of XXX sugar, i tablespoon of butter, 2 ,eggs, 2 lemons (juice and rind), i cup of boiling milk, i tablespoon of corn starch dissolved in 2 tablespoons of cold water. Cream butter and sugar and pour the boiling milk over the eggs, and then over the creamed mixture. When cold add the lemon and bake in a crust or small gem pan. Sweet Potato Pie. One pound of potatoes, boiled and mashed, which equals 2 pounds before cooking; ^ pound of sugar, 6 eggs and 2 lemons. Beat well and bake in one crust. Rich Sweet Potato Pie. Two pounds of potatoes before cooking; boil and mash free from lumps ; ^ pound of butter, 3 eggs, i pound of sugar, i wineglass of wine and i lemon. Bake until brown. Raisin Pie. Three pounds of seeded raisins, i^ pounds of brown sugar, Yz pint of water. Cook all together until the raisins are soft ; let cool, and then add i teaspoon of cinnamon, i teaspoon of allspice, ^2 teaspoon of cloves, i nutmeg and i pint of sherry wine. Bake in a double crust and serve hot. Slice the raisins before cooking them. yo TESTED VIRGINIA RECIPES. Caramel Pie, One cup of preserved damsons pressed through a colander, 1 cup of sugar, ^.^ cup of butter, i cup of milk and i tablespoon of Sauer's vanilla

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