Delta Gamma cook book

Beat butter and sugar together, add jelly, then the eggs, nutmeg and extract of lemon to taste. Bake in an open crust. This makes a large pie. Mabel M. Reese (Psi). Lemon Pie 2 cups sugar 3 egg yolks 2 lemons, juice and grated rind 2 heaping tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in a little water Have ready two cups boiling water, add sugar, yolks and lemon, well beaten, then add dissolved cornstarch and cook until thick. Take from stove and beat in a piece of butter and fill crusts which have already been baked. Use three egg whites for meringue. This makes two pies. Grace Ware Chambers (Lambda) . Lemon Pie 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon butter 1 heaping tablespoon flour yolks 2 eggs and 1 whole 1 cup water egg 2 lemons, juice and grated rind salt Mix flour and sugar. Add water and lemons and well beaten eggs. Cook in double boiler until thick. Stir in butter as it is taken from stove. Pour in baked crust and make a meringue of the whites of the eggs, beaten stiff with two tablespoons of powdered sugar. Brown the meringue in a slow oven. Grace Tennant Adams (Lambda). Lemon Pie yi pound butter 4 eggs }/i pound sugar 2 lemons 4 large sour apples, grated Beat butter to a cream, add sugar and yolks beaten light, grated apple and lemon rind. Bake in rich paste. Beat whites stiff, add one-half cup sugar and juice of one-half lemon. Put this in crusts and let brown. This makes two pies. Psi. ' Lemon Pie 3 eggs pinch of salt 1 tablespoon cornstarch juice Yi lemon 1 cup sugar 3 tablespoons boiling water Beat yolks with one tablespoon cornstarch and one-half cup sugar, stir in lemon juice and grated rind, add boiling water and cook in double boiler until thick. Then stir in beaten whites plus remainder of sugar. Pour this into under crust and put in hot oven for five minutes. Anne Puffer Taylor (Lambda Nu). Lemon Pie Yolks of 4 eggs 1 cup sugar Juice and grated rind of 1 lemon Cook in a double boiler and stir until the mixture falls thick ofif the spoon. Fold in the beaten whites and fill baked crust and brown in a hot oven. Minnie Stinchfield Brown (Lambda Nu). Make-Shift Pie 1 glass grape jelly 1 apple sliced H cup boiling water 1 cup raisins 1 teaspoon cornstarch ^ cup chopped nuts 1 lemon Melt jelly in saucepan, add sliced apple, raisins, nuts, water, lemon, lastly the cornstarch, dissolved in a little water. Cook all until it begins to thicken. When cool put in pastry lined dish with a top crust. Bake thirty minutes. Hazel Williams (Omega). Orange Pie Take the grated rind and juice of two large oranges, yolks of two eggs, one cup sugar, two tablespoons cornstarch and one cup boiling water. Cook over hot water, then pour into baked crust, cover with the beaten whites of two eggs, sweetened. Lightly brown in oven. Alice Bean Fraser (Lambda). Peach Pie Slice one dozen fresh peaches. One cup sugar (more if peaches are sour). Bake with under crust and tart strips across the top. Use whipped cream with this if desired. Ina Firkins (Lambda Nu). Pumpkin Pie 1 cup pumpkin 3^ cup sugar * 1 cup sweet milk 2 eggs 1 teaspoon each of ginger and cinnamon Beat eggs separately. Heat mixture and add whites, beating thoroughly. Elsie Irwin Sovereign (Sigma) . Pumpkin Pie 1 cup cream 1 egg 1 cup canned pumpkin 1 teaspoon cinnamon