Washington Pie with Molasses Filling

Ingredients

• the yolks of 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup of light brown sugar
• a teaspoonful of soda
• 1/2 cup of sour cream
• 1/2 cup of New Orleans Molasses
• 1/2 teaspoonful of cinnamon
• a grating of lemon peel
• 1 1/2 cups of flour
• the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff, dry froth

Method

1. 1

   Beat the yolks of 2 eggs until light, add to them 1/2 cup of light brown sugar and beat until creamy.

2. 2

   Dissolve a teaspoonful of soda in a little hot water; add it to 1/2 cup of sour cream and stir this into 1/2 cup of New Orleans Molasses.

3. 3

   Mix well with the eggs and sugar; add 1/2 teaspoonful of cinnamon, a grating of lemon peel and 1 1/2 cups of flour.

4. 4

   Beat well, stir in the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff, dry froth and turn at once into an oblong tin lined with paste.

5. 5

   Bake 30 minutes in a moderate oven.

6. 6

   When cool ice with the following: Break the white of 1 egg into a bowl; add 1/4 the white in water and 1 teaspoonful of lemon juice; stir in confectioner's sugar until it pours thickly from a spoon.

7. 7

   Beat until perfectly smooth.

8. 8

   Ice the pie and stand away to harden.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from 365 desserts (1900) by Harriet Schuyler Nelson, page 14. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Washington Pie with Molasses Filling. Beat the yolks of 2 eggs until light, add to them y2 a cup of light brown sugar and beat until creamy. Dissolve a teaspoonful of soda in a little hot water ; add it to % cup of sour cream and stir this into y2 a cup of New Orleans Molasses. Mix well with the eggs and sugar ; add y2 teaspoonful of cin- namon, a grating of lemon peel and \x/2 cups of flour. Beat well, stir in the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff, dry froth

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