This is one of my favorite pies. It is simple and highlights the main ingredient–raisins!
Recipe: Old Fashioned Raisin Pie
Summary: Easy, delicious recipe. Some people1 will tell you raisin pie represents the high water mark of the American cuisine. This is another recipe popular in Northern Indiana in the mid 20th century (and [...]
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Old Fashioned Raisin Pie
Recipe: Old fashioned Cream Pie (Grandma Truex, modified)
Old fashioned Cream Pie.Grandma Truex’ Recipe (modified)
Summary: A fast, easy and delicious pie, with no top crust
Ingredients
1 Tablespoon butter
6 Tablespoons flour
1 1/4 cup sugar, half white and half brown (i.e. about 5/8 cup of each)
1 egg*
1 1/3 cup milk*
sprinkle a bit of cinnamon (optional)*
Sweet Potato Pie
I looked at a lot of recipes and combined some thoughts from several of them here. My goal was to create a simple pie that is tasty, but not too sweet. I hope you enjoy this pie.
Recipe: Tom’s Sweet Potato Pie
Summary: An easy sweet potato pie with common ingredients.
Ingredients
3 Medium sweet potatoes [...]
Pie Crust (aka “Pastry”)
Some people are afraid of making pie crust. I’ve never used a store-bought pie crust, and don’t plan on starting now. It really isn’t that hard, once you get the hang of it. The Quick Instructions are more guidance than you really need after you’ve done this a few times. The [...]