Show The Great Great American Dessert DAINTY PIES FOR COOL DAYS By CAROLINE COE Ever since Eve first tempted Adam Adamin in the garden man has nas fallen before the seductions of the apple w when en of offered of- of to him In various forms The apple pie described below is a concoction of our great grandmothers and wherever it is made is pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- the very best apple pie ever eaten Never Failing Pie Crust Thre Three cups cups of of fl flour ur one heaping ng cup of shortening shortening- one teaspoon of salt and on one of sugar chop these with knife until like coarse coarse br bread breadcrumbs breadcrumbs ad crumbs Then make make-a a well in center and add slowly half half halfa a cup of ice watts Mix together with wih a knife or spatula spatula spatula-do do not touch with the hands Divide the crust into three parts using inG third one third one for each crust Put th the crust on slightly floured board and roll thin Try makinG making making mak mak- ing pi pie without touching the crust Do not grease the pie pan our grandmothers grandmothers' used to say Its a poor crust that wont won't gr grease ase its own t tin n. n I Yankee Apple Pie Cover pi pie tin w with h ha a thin layer of rich crust Peel and slice in hi medium thick slices enough tart apples to toIve toIve toIve Ive I've been a nasty brute and am heartily ashamed of myself But I hope Im I'm a a. man now The world makes one look at things differently doesn't it We all need to get out and be shaken up a a. little Indeed yes yes agreed Polly and later when they had reached her steps and Tom leaving she asked Wont Won't you come come to see me Tom Im I'm afraid we cant can't talk over the good old times at home but we can babble at least about future prospects We have that in common although mine are not as rosy as I 1 had expected Tom promised eagerly Polly Browns Brown's the prettiest girl Ive I've seen in New York was his comment to himself himself himself him him- self go going g home I 1 shall certainly try to make up for lor the lost time While she is here What a fool Ive I've been all these years years' Then whimsically whimsically whim whim- I wonder what mother would say B But t he need not have worried for Polly got this letter the next morning mornIng morn- morn Ing from her father father- Dear Daughter Aunt Peg got gotsick gotsick gotsick sick and went home last week Widow Watterson took pity on a lonely old maxi man and sent In the finest things to eat you ever tasted Of course I had to take the dishes back and fixed a a. broken water pipe for tor her She's a line fine woman Polly Its It's terrible terrible ter ter- how Ive I've misjudged her all this this- time Hope your afES Your loving g Father I IP P S S. Widow Watterson promised tonight to become Mrs Brown Wish me Joy Polly fill fm the pie very full Roll top crust crusta a little thicker than the bottom and place It over apples apples do do not pinch down Bake until the apples are soft remove pie from oven and al allow allow allow al- al low to stand two or three minutes Remove the top crust by slipping ing a atin atin atin tin cover under it ft m mash sh the apples and add one cup of sugar a pinch h of ot salt and a a tablespoonful of butter season with nutmeg If it you are a areal areal areal real Yankee If not cinnamon or any d desired sired spice Replace top and I serve warm Pumpkin Pie There are area a few things that this wonderfully active generation have not been able to improve upon but butone butone butone one of these is the pumpkin pie as made mado by our grandmothers rs The They had hada a knack of getting all all the flavor fla- fla flavor fla I vor out of a pumpkin and knew how to combine it with a a. afew few other things and made pies such as ve very y few tew of this generation know First of all they did not use a modern pumpkin as one farmers farmer's wife wife- called the sweet pumpkins we find in the markets A small smooth yellow field pumpkin has sweet more pie qualities qualities' than a one Wash the field pumpkin cutin cutin cut cutin in two and take out the seeds Put halves in oven with the skin side down bal bake e very slowly until all the pulp Js is soft and if it there is much I Juice drain off and and add add to the pie filling mUng Scrape pulp from shell and put through fine sieve If the pumpkin pumpkin pump pump- pump pump-I kin kil seems very moist put in slow oven to dry out Stir often orten and keep fire very low Filling for P Pumpkin Pie One and one-half one cups ups cups of strained pumpkin quarter one cup of molasses molasses mo molasses mo- mo lasses one-half one cup of sugar or r ruse use three-quarters three cup cup of sugar an and omit the molasses One half One teaspoon tea tea- spoon of salt third one t teaspoon sp on of at ginger a dash of cinnamon nutmeg and allspice Beat all together until until until un un- til foamy beat one egg very light and add to the pumpkin mixture heat two cups cups cups' of milk almost t to boiling point and turn all together and beat a minute then turn into pie tin Un lined with rich pie crust Put Into hot ov oven n to lo loset set the filing then lower heat and bake slowly one hour |