Country Fried Apple Pie

Come on folks...lets get the old school, cooking with real fat, recipe moving!

Remember when people used the real fat/lard for cooking, and it was usually kept in the refrigerator.

An alternative for this recipe would be to use Butter Flavored Crisco for frying.  Yum Yum

Ingredients:

Double Pie Crust
Stewed (dried) apples
Deep fat

Directions:

Roll crust on a floured board.  Cut with a large, round cookie cutter.  Put about 1-1/2 tablespoons sweetened, seasoned (a little vanilla, a little cinnamon), chunky cooked apples  in each round.  Moisten edges with cold water, fold to make semi-circle and press edges together.  Fry in hot fat and drain well on paper towels when crispy brown.

Some folks like to sprinkle a little powdered sugar on top for visual appeal, but I like mine just the way they come straight out of the hot fat.  Add a dollop of ice cream on the top, while they are still hot!!!

If you don't like apples, try this with peaches, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries or any like fruit of  choice.

Old-Fashioned Irish Potato Pie (Ice Potato Pie)

 

My Grandfather used to make these, and they were delicious! I asked him for the recipe once and what I was told was “Make it like a sweet potato pie, only use ice potatoes”. I tried once or twice to make it that way, but could never quite make it taste like his.

 

 

I searched through old cookbooks and could not find a recipe. The reason? I was looking for "Ice Potato Pie" and not "Irish Potato Pie". My family's Southern Dialect!!!

INGREDIENTS:

1 (9”) unbaked pie shell
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup sugar
1 cup hot milk, or ¾ cup half and half
1 cup rice cooked potatoes
1 tbs. Vanilla extract
Ground nutmeg to taste (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

Bake pie shell at 450 degrees for 10 minutes. Set aside. Combine eggs, sugar, milk and beat well. Stir in potatoes and vanilla. Pour mixture into pie shell and sprinkle with nutmeg if desired. Bak in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until set. Yield: 1 (9”) pie.

Pink Poodle Pie

This just makes a pretty pie...period. The contrast in the chocolate crust and the pink filling will prepare your taste buds for the Wonderful flavor that is getting ready to be ingested. This recipe is easy, quick and ready to be shared with dinner guest.

I bet this would be great as a baby or bridal shower dish. I bet you could switched up the cherry filling (for a girl) for a blueberry filling (for a boy), to make an eye appealing dish for that baby shower. What do you think?

 

 

2 chocolate pie crust
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (6 oz) can frozen pink lemonade, thawed but not diluted
1 (6 oz) carton Cool Whip
1 (21 oz) can cherry pie filling
1 (8oz) can crushed pineapple drained
Optional: Chopped pecans

Mix lemonade with condensed mil. Fold in remaining ingredients. Pour into pie shells. Chill and serve

Harvey Wallbanger Pie

Harvey Wallbanger ain't a person ya'll!!!!
It is actually the name of a mixed drink.  It was (reportedly) part of a marketing strategy  from the 1960's to promote  the liqueur (Galliano) in the drink.

However......I think of it as a "term of expression", that means powerful, strong or having that extra umph!  I think this recipe will deliver.  What do you think?

1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup water
2 tsp lemon juice
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten

AND:
1/3 cup Galliano
3 tbs vodka
3 egg whites
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup whipping  cream
1 (9-inch) pastry shell, baked and cooked

In medium saucepan combine gelatin, sugar and salt.  Add orange juice, water, lemon juice and egg yolks.  Mix well.  Cook and stir until gelatin dissolves and mixture is slightly thickened.  Cool and add Galliano and vodka.  Chill until partially set.

  Beat whites and gradually add sugar. Beat until stiff peaks form. Fold into gelatin mixture.  Whip the cream until stiff, and fold into mixture.  Chill until mounds form when dropped from spoon.  Pour into pie shell and chill until firm.  4-5 hours.