Orange Pie

Ingredients

• a cupful of powdered sugar
• a large tablespoonful of butter
• 2 even tablespoonfuls of cornstarch
• the juice of an orange
• the grated yellow rind
• 1 egg well beaten
• another large juicy orange
• a 'Washington Pie' plate

Method

1. 1

   Beat powdered sugar and butter together until light.

2. 2

   Moisten cornstarch with cold milk; cook and stir for 1 minute; pour it on the butter and sugar.

3. 3

   Add grated rind and juice of orange, mix, and add beaten egg.

4. 4

   Line pie plate with light paste and bake until done.

5. 5

   Stir orange slices into custard mixture, fill baked crust, and place in oven to brown.

6. 6

   Beat egg whites until light, add powdered sugar, beat until stiff, spread over pie, dust with powdered sugar, and bake until light brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from 365 desserts (1900) by Harriet Schuyler Nelson, page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Orange Pie. Beat a cupful of powdered sugar and a large tablespoonful of butter together until light. Moisten 2 even tablespoonfuls of corn- starch with a little cold milk ; cook and stir 1 minute ; then pour it quickly on the butter and sugar ; add the grated yellow rind and the juice of an orange ; mix and add 1 egg well beaten ; peel another large juicy orange ; cut it into thin slices and then cut each slice into quarters. Line a "Washington Pie" plate

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