Mock Mince Pies

Ingredients

• Two small crackers pounded fine
• three tablespoons vinegar
• three tablespoons sugar
• three tablespoons molasses
• a bit of butter
• spice to taste
• raisins to taste

Method

1. 1

   Combine all ingredients and mix well.

2. 2

   Fill pie crust and bake until set.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dora's cook book (1888) by Dora E. Fairfield, page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MOCK MINCE PIES. Two small crackers pounded fine, three tablespoons vinegar, three tablespoons sugar, three tablespoons mo lasses, a bit of butter, spice and raisins to taste. PIES, TARTS, AND PASTRY. 171 PORK APPLE PIE. ng Make your crust in the usual manner ; spread it over a large deep plate; cut some slices of fat pork very thin, also some slices of apple; place a layer of apples, and then of pork, with a very light allowance of allspice, pep- per, and sugar between,—three layers of each,—with . crust over the top. Bake one hour. MINCE PIES. Two pounds of beef cooked and chopped fine, one and a-half pounds beef suet, two pounds currants, two pounds raisins, one-half pound citron, two and a-half pounds chopped apples, two pounds sugar, juice of three lemons, one tablespoonful each cloves,cinnamon, and nutmeg, cider: to thin; use brandy to taste when making up the pies. MINCE PIES WITHOUT MEAT. One pound currants, one pound apples chopped fine, one pound sugar, one pound suet, one quarter pound chopped raisins, the juice of four oranges, juice of two lemons, spices to taste, and two glasses brandy. Mix in a pan and keep closely tied up. Excellent. CHERRY PIE. The common red cherry makes the best pie. A large deep dish is best. To each pie add four teaspoonfuls of | sugar, and dredge a little flour on the fruit before you lay on the upper crust, 172 om 7 ‘Dora's COOK BOOK, CUSTARD PIE. Three eggs, one tablespoonful sugar, one and a-half pints of milk, a little salt, and some grated Ess This makes one large pie. APPLE CUSTARD PIE. One pint of stewed apples, a quarter of a pound of but- ter, one, cup rich cream, three eggs beaten very light? sugar and nutmeg to taste. Mix the ingredients together, and bake in a puff paste, in a moderate oven. ORANGE PIE. One scant cup white sugar, three egos, two tablespoons butter, juice and grated rind of one-half orange, juice and grated rind of one-half lemon, nutmeg to taste. Beat butter and sugar well together, then beat in the yolks of the eggs, and orangé and lemon ; put into pastry with- out top crust and bake. When done spread over them the whites of the eggs, beaten stiff with powdered sugar, return to the oven for a few moments to brown. RAISIN PIE. Boil one pound of raisins, one cup of molasses, and one cup of water for one hour; then add one tablespoonful of flour, a small piece of butter, and spice to taste

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