Show ar household House I 1 hol d new TAKE A PEEK AT YOUR PASTRY many a cook who shines brightly at cake baking sadly admits that she have the knack of making flaky melt in the mouth pastry she feels that it is something she cant help like FLOU the color of her eyes or her hair but a careful look at her pie crust through a magnifying glass or microscope cro scope often gives a clue as to what is the matter flaky pastry is made up of many many thin layers of dough separated by long thin air pockets or spaces formed when the layers of fat and flour are separated by steam during the baking part of this flakiness depe depends ads upon the manner in which the tat fat is cut into the flour and part upon the handling of the dough if a part of the fat is rubbed in with the fingers or a pastry blender until it is in very small particles and is evenly distributed throughout all of the flour and it if the remainder of the fat is cut in so that it is in fairly large pieces about the size of navy beans or peas then the crust has an excellent chance of being both tender and flaky the large pieces of fat separate the flour into layers while the small particles tend to make the dough more tender if au all the fat is distributed in small particles the crust is apt to be crumbly rather than flaky individual chess pies makes 7 tarts cup butter I 1 cup sugar 3 egg yolks 1 whole egg I 1 cup raisins coarsely chopped cup nuts coarsely chopped 2 tablespoons lemon juice 3 egg whites teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons sugar cream butter until soft and light add sugar gradually creaming until mixture is fluffy beat together egg yolks and whole egg with rotary beater blend with creamed mixture and then add raisins walnuts and lemon juice place mixture in top of double boiler and cook over boiling water stirring constantly until thick about 25 to 30 minute ds s when filling has thickened fill individual baked pastry shells 3 inches in diameter across top beat egg whites until foamy then add salt and sugar gradually and continue 0 beating until merin meringue ue will I 1 I 1 stand in stiff points place tarts in moderate oven degrees degree fahrenheit ahre for about 10 minutes minute or until I 1 lightly browned make pastry using one cup flour for tart shells orange meringue pie 1 cup sugar 5 tablespoons cornstarch vi 14 teaspoon salt I 1 tablespoon shredded orange peel 2 cups orange juice 3 egg yolks I 1 tablespoon butter 2 tablespoons lemon juice orange pastry pie shell 3 egg whites 6 tablespoons sugar 1 orange mix sugar cornstarch and salt add orange peel and juice and cook in double boiler until thickened about 15 minutes add beaten egg yolks and cook 2 minutes remove from heat and add butter and lemon juice cool pour into 9 inch orange pastry pie shell cover with meringue made of egg whites beaten stiff with sugar brown in mod erate oven degrees fahrenheit for about 15 minutes decorate top of pie with sections from orange peel fruit with sharp knife demov ing skin and inner membrane down to juicy meat cut out on each side of dividing membrane and lift ou section by section horn 0 plenty pie makes 2 9 inch pies 1 9 ounce package mincemeat 1 cups water 3 tablespoons sugar I 1 cup canned pumpkin vi teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ginger teaspoon cloves 2 teaspoons cinnamon 3 eggs I 1 15 ounce can condensed milk A 12 cup water break mincemeat into pieces place in saucepan add water and sugar bring to a boil and boil I 1 minute cool thoroughly mix A pumpkin salt spices eggs con demised milk ano ana water add cooled mincemeat and blend thoroughly pour into unbaked 9 inch pie shells bagein bake in hot oven degrees fahrenheit 10 min utes reduce temperature to ate degrees fahrenheit and bake about 35 minutes longer deep dish apple pie ivi 1 cups sugar 2 cups apples sliced thin cup water 34 cup raisins cup orange juice 1 teaspoon orange rind grated I 1 teaspoon cinnamon vt 14 teaspoon cloves 1 cup walnut meats chopped 34 cup general purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder vt teaspoon salt 1 egg combine I 1 cup sugar the apples water raisins orange juice orange rind cinnamon cloves and cool cook over a low flame for about 15 minutes remove from fire and add nuts pour into a shallow greased baking dish mix following ingredients lightly with a fork the flour remaining cup sugar baking powder salt and the egg and sprinkle over apple mixture place in a moderately hot oven degrees fahrenheit and bake 30 minutes beleas released ed by western newspaper union |