Southern Illinois White Pie Recipes

WHITE POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium mixing bowl mix sugar, baking powder, and salt, then add potatoes and butter or margarine; mix well. Gradually add whipping cream and milk, stirring until well blended. Stir in lemon rind, juice, vanilla, and nutmeg. Add beaten eggs and mix well.
• Pour mixture into pie shells and put in preheated oven. Bake for 55 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Best when served cold.

WHITE PIE

Steps:

• In a saucepan cook flour, cornstarch, sugar, salt,egg whites and milk until bubbling, stirring constantly; continue to cook and stir another 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add butter, white vanilla and almond extract, stir.
• Lay plastic wrap on pudding surface and allow to cool; pour into cool pie shell and chill, again covering surface with plastic wrap.
• When ready to serve top with whipped topping and sprinkle with ground almonds.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WHITE PIE

Steps:

• Mix corn starch, flour,1/4 salt, and 3/4 C. sugar.Add 2 C. milk. Cook in a double boiler, stirring constantly till it is thick. Remove from stove, fold in the beaten egg whites which you have added the 1/4 C. sugar vanilla and almond extract.Pour into an already baked pie shell or a prepared grahan cracker crust.Sprinkle with nuts. Cool in frig. until set

ILLINOIS APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• For crust,combine flour and salt in mixing bowl.
• Cut in shortening with pastry blender or 2 knifes until mixture is uniform.
• Add water; toss lightly with a fork until dough forms a ball.
• Divide dough into 2 parts.
• On lightly floured surface,roll bottom crust into circle 1/8" thick and about 1 1/2" larger than inverted 9" pie plate.
• Gently, ease dough into pie plate,being careful not to stretch dough.
• Trim edge even with pie plate.
• For apple filling:Combine all ingredients in mixing bowl.
• Stir until mixed well.
• Spoon into unbaked pie shell.
• Use remaining half of dough to roll top crust,as instructed for bottom crust.
• Lift onto filled pie.
• Trim 1/2" beyond edge of pie plate.
• Fold top edge under bottom crust;flute as desired.
• Cut slits or design in top crust to allow steam to escape.
• Brush top crust with milk;sprinkle with white sugar.
• Bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350 degrees; bake an additional 25 to 30 minutes or until crust in golden brown.
• Cool and serve .

WHITE CHRISTMAS PIE

Steps:

• Sprinkle gelatin over cold water; set aside to soften.
• Combine 1/2 cup sugar, flour, and salt in a saucepan. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over low heat, stirring until it boils. Boil for 1 minute, and remove from heat. Transfer to a large bowl. Stir in softened gelatin. When partially set, beat with a rotary mixer until smooth. Blend in vanilla and 1 cup coconut.
• Whip the cream until stiff. Gently fold into coconut mixture.
• In a clean bowl, beat egg whites until frothy. Beat in cream of tartar and 1/2 cup sugar. Continue beating until egg whites form stiff peaks. Fold into coconut mixture. Pile filling into cooled pie shell. Sprinkle with additional coconut. Chill pie for at least 2 hours or overnight.