German Fruit Pie

Ingredients

• a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder
• a pint of flour
• a piece of butter as large as a walnut
• a pinch of salt
• one beaten egg
• sweet milk enough to make a soft dough
• fill the pan with quartered juicy apples
• sprinkle with a little cinnamon
• and molasses

Method

1. 1

   Sift baking powder and flour, mix with butter, salt, egg, and milk to make dough.

2. 2

   Roll out and line a biscuit tin.

3. 3

   Fill with apples, sprinkle with cinnamon and molasses, and bake until brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 218. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GEEMAN FEUIT PIE. Sift together a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder and a pint of flour; add a piece of butter as large as a walnut, a pinch of salt, one beaten egg and sweet milk enough to make a soft dough. Roll it out half an inch thick ; butter a square biscuit tin and cover the bottom and sides with the dough ; fill the pan with quartered juicy apples, sprinkle with a little cinnamon and molasses

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