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PLAIN PASTRY

16 ingredients 10 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

713
Calories
14g
Protein
13g
Fat
136g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Pastry not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • one cup of flour
  • one-half cup of sugar which has been mixed
  • one cup of granulated sugar which has been mixed
  • one tablespoon of dry flour
  • one teaspoon of lemon juice
  • one teaspoon of butter cut into bits
  • a pinch of salt
  • a cup of sugar
  • a teaspoon of salt
  • one-fourth teaspoon of salt into a bowl
  • five level tablespoons of shortening until the whole is reduced to a fine powder
  • one quart
  • one-half inch strips of pastry across the top
  • five sour apples
  • 46 two hundred
  • salt

Directions

1

Sift one cup of flour and one-fourth teaspoon of salt into a bowl, rub into it five level tablespoons of shortening until the whole is reduced to a fine powder; add cold water, slowly, to make a stiff dough. Place on a slightly floured board and roll into a circular shape to fit the plate. Fit it loosely into the plate, as it shrinks when baked.

2

APPLE PIE.— I.

3

Line a pie plate with good paste. Fill with thin slices of good cooking apples, sprinkle with one-half cup of sugar which has been mixed with a heaping teaspoon of flour and a pinch of salt; cover with an upper crust and bake in a moderate oven for half an hour.

4

APPLE PIE.— II.

5

Line a deep pie plate with good paste; pare, core and chop enough tart apples to make one quart; stir through the apples one cup of granulated sugar which has been mixed with one tablespoon of dry flour, and a pinch of salt. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon evenly through the apple mixture and fill the pie plate; dot with small pieces of butter. Lay one-half inch strips of pastry across the top, crossing them in diamond- shape. Bake in a moderate oven.

6

APPLE PIE.— III.

7

Pare, core and cut into eighths four or five sour apples; fill a pie plate that has been lined with paste. Mix one-third of a cup of sugar, one-eighth of a teaspoon of salt, one-fourth of a

8

46 Two Hundred and Nine Ways of Preparing the Apple.

9

teaspoon of nutmeg, one teaspoon of lemon juice, and a few gratings of lemon rind, sprinkle over the apples; dot over with one teaspoon of butter cut into bits. Wet edges of crust, cover with upper crust and bake forty to forty-five minutes in a mod- erate oven.

10

A good pie may be made without the lemon juice, butter or lemon rind. Evaporated apples may be used in place of fresh ones if soaked over night in cold water.

By Mackay, L. Gertrude. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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