Lady Washington Pie

Ingredients

• one cup bread or cake crumbs
• a glass of hot water
• juice of one lemon
• a teaspoonful vanilla
• two tablespoonfuls melted butter
• a half cup molasses
• a half cup sour cream
• a small teaspoonful ARM AND HAMMER SODA
• one egg
• spices
• a half cup washed currants
• a quarter cup each of citron
• and candied orange peel (chopped fine)

Method

1. 1

   Line a flat pie-plate with pie-crust and spread thin with jelly or jam.

2. 2

   Mix crumbs with hot water, lemon juice, vanilla, melted butter, molasses, sour cream, soda, egg, spices, currants, citron, and orange peel.

3. 3

   Add enough sifted flour to make a soft batter and fill lined plates.

4. 4

   Lay strips of pie-crust on top, wash with egg, and dust with sugar when baked.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Arm & Hammer Soda book of valuable recipes (1900) by Church & Dwight Co, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LADY WASHINGTON PIE. Line flat pie-plate with pie-crust and spread thin with jelly or jam. Mix together one cup bread or cake crumbs moistened with a glass of hot water, juice of one lemon and a teaspoonful vanilla, two table¬ spoonfuls melted butter, a half cup molasses, a half cup sour cream a small teaspoonful ARM AND HAMMER SODA (or Saleratus), one egg, spices, a half cup washed currants, a quarter cup each of citron INSIST ON HAVING ARM AND HAMMER SODA. 15 LADY WASHINGTON PI E— CONTI N U ED. and candied orange peel (chopped fine)

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