Pies and Pastries

  Banana Pie Filling | Cheese Coins | Cheese Pastry | Chocolate Pie Filling | Chocolate Chip Pie | Hot Water Pie Crust | Pecan Pie | Pear Pie | Pineapple Pie | Sour Cherry  Cream Pie | Sweet Potato Pie | Tea Time Tassies  | Tomato Pie
 


Tomato Pie (Julie Traylor)
 
I lightly browned pie crust
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
3 triangles of gruyere cheese-grated
3-4 ripe tomatoes, quartered
1 bunch green onions, sautéed in butter
Sprinkle generously with oregano and basil and salt
Bake in a 350º oven for about 45 minutes


Banana Pie Filling (Frances Tucker Smyrl)

1 cup sugar
1 heaping tablespoon flour
1 egg
1 cup mashed banana
1 cup milk.

Cook on stove top until thick or in microwave about 4 minutes stirring every minute.  Pour into pie crust.  Top with meringue or whip cream.


Cheese Coins (Susan Smyrl Traylor)

2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground paprika
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 cup (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter cut into small pieces
1 cup grated sharp white cheddar cheese

1.   Combine flour, salt, paprika, and cayenne pepper in a food processor fitted with the metal blade; pulse to combine. Add butter; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cheese; process until dough starts to hold together.

2.   Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface; knead a few times. Divide into 4 equal pieces, and roll into logs, each about 6 inches long and 1 1/4 inches in diameter. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or up to 3 days. Dough can be stored in the freezer at this point for up to 1 month.

3.   Preheat oven to 350°. Line baking sheets with Silpat baking mats. Cut dough into 1/3-inch-thick slices; place 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven; let cool on baking sheet 1 minute, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Makes about 6 dozen


Cheese Pastry (Bon David Tucker)

1 cup grated sharp cheese )  Blend
1/2 cup butter                        )
1/2 tsp Lee and Perrin
1/2 tsp salt
11/2 cup flour
( Can be used in cookie press.)


Chocolate Pie Filling (Frances Tucker Smyrl)

1 cup sugar
1 heaping tablespoon cocoa
1 heaping tablespoon flour
1 egg1 cup evaporated milk

Cook in microwave approximately 4 minutes stirring every minute or stove top until thick.  Add 1 tsp vanilla extract.  Pour into pie crust, top with meringue or whip cream.


Chocolate Chip Pie (Nancy Almond)

1 stick oleo, melted
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup nuts
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla
Bake at 350° for 30-45 minutes.  Nancy baked it for 20 minutes.. She doubles it and makes three pies.



Hot Water Pie Crust (Frances Tucker Smyrl)

1 cup shortening (generous)      )  Cream.  Should look like whip cream
1/2 cup (scant) boiling water      )
3 scant cups sifted flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder.

Makes two open face pies or one pie with stripping.  Pastry can be microwaved in rounds or shapes.
 

Pear Pie (Shannon Smyrl)

1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie 1/2 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon lemon zest
5 cups peeled and sliced pears
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon lemon juice


Pecan Pie - Cottie Blackburn Tucker
For 1 pie                                                                 For 2 pies
3 eggs                                                                    4 eggs
1 cup sugar                                                            1-1/3 cup sugar
1-1/2 cups white Karo                                           2 cups Karo
1 cup pecans                                                         1-1/3 cup pecans
2 tablespoons butter                                             3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour                                                3 tablespoons flour 
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
nutmeg & cinnamon
 
Pour into crust and bake @ 375º 40 to 50 minutes


Pineapple Pie (Pauline Campbell Taylor)

Mix
3 eggs
1 tbsp flour
11/4 cup sugar
1 stick melted oleo
1 small can crushed pineapple

Bake in uncooked pie shell 350º until brown - about 45 minutes.


Sour Cherry  Cream Pie (Susan Smyrl Traylor)

2 cups pitted sour Cherries
1 large cool whip
1 cup chopped pecans
2 cups sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup lemon juice

Mix ingredients and pour into graham cracker crust---then chill


Sweet Potato Pie - Cottie Blackburn Tucker

2 large sweet potatoes (boiled or baked)
1 lb. oleo
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
Mix well in mixer
1 tbsp. vanilla

Makes two pies.


Tea Time Tassies (Susan Traylor)

Crust:
6 tbsp butter
3 oz cream cheese
1 cup flour
Mix well and form into 24 balls.  Press into small muffin pans.

Filling
1 egg
pinch salt
2 tbsp butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup chopped pecans

Mix with a fork.  Put 1 tsp in each crust.

Bake at 375º for 30 minutes.

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