t in a few drops of hot water to
make them thin enough to spread on reception flakes.

Pies and Pastry

PASTRY.

One cup sifted flour, one-half cup lard (cut lard into flour with
knife), one-fourth teaspoonful salt. Ice water to form stiff dough.

APPLE PIE.

Pare, core and cut five sour apples into eighths; place evenly in a pie
plate lined with the usual pie pastry. Mix one-third cup sugar,
one-fourth teaspoonful grated nutmeg, one-third teaspoonful salt,
teaspoonful lemon juice and a few gratings of lemon rind and sprinkle
over apples. Dot over with little lumps of butter, wet edges of under
crust, cover with upper crust and press edges together. Bake forty-five
minutes in a moderate oven.

JAM PIE.

One cup of raspberry or blackberry jam, yolk of two eggs, one cup rich
milk or cream, one tablespoonful flour; mix thoroughly, cook over fire
until thick. Use the whites of egg for meringue. Bake with bottom crust.

LEMON CUSTARD PIE.

One cup sugar, three eggs, one cup milk, one tablespoonful flour, three
tablespoonfuls powdered sugar, juice and rind of one lemon. Beat yolks
of eggs and sugar; add juice and rind of lemon. Mix flour with the milk,
and pour through sieve into eggs and sugar. Line a deep pie plate with
good rich paste; pour in the mixture and bake in a quick oven thirty
minutes. Beat whites of eggs to a stiff froth and add three
tablespoonfuls powdered sugar, beating all the while. Put on top of pie,
and return to oven until a light brown.

LEMON PIE.

One cup water, one cup sugar, one lemon, two eggs, one tablespoonful
butter, one heaping tablespoonful flour. Bake crust on the outside of
pan, first pricking with a fork. Boil sugar and water; add to the beaten
yolks of eggs the grated peel of lemon, butter and flour; pour over this
the boiling mixture, then boil until it thickens like custard. Cool,
turn into baked crust, spread on top whites of eggs beaten stiff, to
which add a tablespoonful pulverized sugar. Place in oven until the
meringue is brown.

MOCK CHERRY PIE.

One cup cranberries cut in half, one-half cup chopped raisins, one cup
sugar, one tablespoonful flour, a pinch of salt, one teaspoonful vanilla
and one-half cup boiling water. Bake with upper and under crust.

PUMPKIN PIE.

Peel and cut up in squares, cook with half pint of water, one cup sugar,
one-fourth teaspoonful red pepper, boil slowly till soft and perfectly
dry, then sift; two beaten eggs, o