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I haven't seen this one before in here but I found it in a cookbook my mother had, "The VICTORY Binding of the American Woman's COOK BOOK" 1943 dedicated to General Douglas MacArthur
It has a lot of older recipes in it and I compared this recipe to internet ones and it doesn't really come close to the modern ones.
Barbara Freitchie Pie
1/2 recipe Southern Pastry 2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup brown sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup heavy cream or evaporated milk 2 egg whites, beaten
2 egg yolks, beaten Nutmeg
Line pie pan with pastry. Cook next 5 ingredients in top of double boiler until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add vanilla, salt and egg whites. Pour into pastry shell, sprinkle with nutmeg. Bake in hot oven (425F) 10 minutes, reduce temperature to slow (300F) and bake about 45 minutes longer or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve very cold. Makes 1 (9-inch) pie.
Nut - Add 1 cup broken nut meats to filling
Southern Pastry
2 cups sifted flour 1 cup shortening (I would use lard, which you can still get today)
1/2 teaspoon salt. 6 tablespoons ice water
Mix flour and salt, cut shortening into flour; add water a tablespoon at a time, using only enough to make a workable paste; too little will leave it rumble. This pastry, being exceedingly rich must be handled deftly. Roll out pastry and line pie pan. Makes 2 (9-inch) pastry shells or pastry for 1 two-crust (9-inch) pie. Thorough chilling before rollling makes pastry easier to handle.
It has a lot of older recipes in it and I compared this recipe to internet ones and it doesn't really come close to the modern ones.
Barbara Freitchie Pie
1/2 recipe Southern Pastry 2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup brown sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup heavy cream or evaporated milk 2 egg whites, beaten
2 egg yolks, beaten Nutmeg
Line pie pan with pastry. Cook next 5 ingredients in top of double boiler until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add vanilla, salt and egg whites. Pour into pastry shell, sprinkle with nutmeg. Bake in hot oven (425F) 10 minutes, reduce temperature to slow (300F) and bake about 45 minutes longer or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve very cold. Makes 1 (9-inch) pie.
Nut - Add 1 cup broken nut meats to filling
Southern Pastry
2 cups sifted flour 1 cup shortening (I would use lard, which you can still get today)
1/2 teaspoon salt. 6 tablespoons ice water
Mix flour and salt, cut shortening into flour; add water a tablespoon at a time, using only enough to make a workable paste; too little will leave it rumble. This pastry, being exceedingly rich must be handled deftly. Roll out pastry and line pie pan. Makes 2 (9-inch) pastry shells or pastry for 1 two-crust (9-inch) pie. Thorough chilling before rollling makes pastry easier to handle.
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