Place apples in cold water in a large sauce pan.
Bring to a boil and then reduce to medium low heat.
Simmer until tender - approximately 20 minutes.
Add sugar, cinnamon, and/or nutmeg and mix well.
Potato masher can be used to mash apples slightly. Place 2 tablespoons apples in center of 6-inch rounds of pie crust. Moisten edges with water, fold and press edges firmly with fork. Fry in melted shortening until brown.
Shortening can be decreased in pie crust for fried pies.
Prepare pie shells and put in 9-inch pie pans.
Cream butter with the 2/3 cup brown sugar in small bowl.
Stir in pecans. Press over bottom of prepared shells in an even layer.
Bake in a 450\u00b0 oven for 10 minutes; remove and cool.
Turn heat down to 350\u00b0.
pelt Pie Crust you will only need 1/2 of the recipe
n even circle about 12-inch diameter. Carefully fold the dough
BAKE 9-INCH FLUTED PIE SHELL:
Preheat oven to
ven to 425 degrees. Quarter 6 pears. In a large skillet
br>BANANA CREAM PIE.
Follow Vanilla Cream Pie recipe as directed except
br>Coat a deep 9-inch pie pan with cooking spray. Lay
ottom crust in a 9 inch pie pan.
Spread berry mixture
Preheat oven to 425\u00b0.
In large bowl, combine first 6 ingredients; let stand.
Roll out half of pastry and line 9-inch pie plate as directed in Steps 1 through 3 of pastry recipe. Spoon filling evenly into crust; dot with butter or margarine. Prepare top crust as directed in Step 4 of pastry recipe; make a decorative edge.
Bake 50 minutes or until golden brown.
Makes 6 servings.
Line a 9-inch pie pan with the pastry and
ver medium heat 5 to 6 minutes or until thickened.
Preheat oven to 375\u00b0.
Roll out pastry and line a 1 1/2-inch deep 9-inch pie pan.
In a bowl, beat eggs, sugar, corn syrup, salt, cinnamon, vanilla and butter until well blended, then stir in walnuts.
Pour filling into pastry shell.
Bake on lowest rack of oven until filling jiggles only slightly in center when pan is gently shaken (about 50 minutes).
Place on a rack and let cool until slightly warm.
Meanwhile, prepare Hard Sauce, if desired. Top each slice of pie with a dollop of sauce.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Pare and slice apples. Sift flour, salt, sugar and cinnamon together.
Mix with apples.
Line pie pan with pastry. Fill with apple mixture and dot with butter. Cover with top crust and slash crust in several places. Bake in very hot oven at 450\u00b0 for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to moderate oven (350\u00b0) and bake for 45 more minutes.
Makes one 9-inch pie.
urface. Place in a 9-inch pie plate; trim off excess pastry
rust and line a 9 inch pie plate. Shape almond paste into
egrees C). Spray a 9-inch pie plate with non-fat cooking
75 degrees.
Grease 9 inch pie dish.
Combine the flour
ut pastry. Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry; trim and
On lightly floured surface, roll out 1/2 of pastry into an 11-inch circle.
Use to line a 9-inch pie plate; trim. Refrigerate, with rest of pastry, until ready to use.