Minnie Firch, Escalon Grange, California
Grease pie plate well with butter. Mix together ingredients and line pie pan. Make sure you coat pan well with graham mixture. Bake 8 minutes at 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Here is a basic sweet shell recipe that can be filled with whatever your heart desires. You need no baking skills to successfully make it. (See Lemon Lime Tart recipe for filling.)
1/2 pound unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
Combine the flour, sugar, and butter in a medium bowl. With a pastry blender, cut the ingredients together so that the mixture is crumbly. Combine the egg yolks and 1 Tablespoon of the heavy cream in a small bowl and mix them together well. Add the egg yolk mixture to the flour mixture and blend them together so that as smooth ball is formed (add the remaining 1 Tablespoon of cream if necessary.)
Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and divide it in half. Press each half into a 1-inch thick circle. Wrap the circles in plastic wrap and refrigerate them for 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to fit a 9-inch pie plate. Fill it with the desired filling. Bake the pie crust for 25 minutes or until it is set.
1 teaspoon grated orange or lemon peel
Combine flour, sugar, peel, and salt in bowl. Cut in butter. Stir in egg yolk and vanilla and mix until blended. Press evenly into pie pan. Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool before filling.
Callie Fleenor, Fair Oaks Grange, California
Mix shortening with boiling water and milk. Beat or whip until smooth and thick. Add sifted flour and salt, stirring quickly into sough that should cling together and cleans the bowl. Makes two pie shells. Bake in 450 degrees Fahrenheit oven.
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