Pennsylvania-Dutch

Steak and Onion Pie

• 1 lb round steak, cubed
• ¼ cup bacon fat
• 1 cup sliced onions
• 2½ cups hot water
• 2 cups diced potatoes
• ¼ cup flour
• 2 tsp salt & pepper
• ½ tsp paprika
• dash ginger
• dash allspice
• 1 cup flour
• ½ tsp salt
• ⅓ cup shortening
• 3 tbsp cold water

1. Mix ¼ cup flour, salt, pepper, and spices. Dip meat in flour mixture.
2. Brown meat in bacon fat. Add onions. Cook until golden.
3. Add water and cover. Simmer 45 minutes.
4. Add potatoes and cook for 10 minutes.
5. Make crust with 1 cup flour, ½ tsp salt, and shortening. Slowly add cold water.
6. Turn into a pie plate and cover with crust.
7. Bake at 450°for 25 minutes.

Scalloped Sweet Potatoes and Apples

• 6 medium sweet potatoes
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1½ cup sliced apples
• 4 tbsp butter
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp mace

1. Boil sweet potatoes until tender. Slice into ¼" pieces.
2. Butter pie plate and put a layer of sweet potatoes at the bottom, then a layer of apples.
3. Sprinkle with sugar, salt, and mace. Dot with butter. Repeat layers until pie plate is filled, having the top layer be apples.
4. Bake at 350°for 50 minutes.

Quiche Lorraine

• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup shortening
• 8-9 tsp cold water
• 1 lb bacon, crisply fried and crumbled
• 3 cups shredded swiss cheese
• 2 cups finely chopped onion
• 8 eggs
• 2 pints whipping cream
• 1½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp sugar
• ¼ tsp cayenne red pepper

1. Make pie crust with flour, shortening, water and a pinch of salt.
2. Place in pie plate and prick bottom and sides with fork. Bake at 450°for 10-12 minutes.
3. Shred or grate cheese, chop onion, and set aside.
4. In a bowl, beat eggs lightly with a fork for about 30 seconds. Add cream, sugar, salt, and pepper.
5. Spread one layer each of bacon, cheese, and onion. Add cream mixture.
6. Bake at 425° for 15 minutes, then reduce temperature and bake at 300° for 30-40 minutes. Let stand for a few minutes before cutting.

Pastel De Fuente

• ½ onion, chopped
• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
• 6 green olives, choped
• ½ cup raisins
• 2 tsp sugar
• salt & pepper
• 1 lb potatoes, cooked & mashed
• 2 tsp butter

1. Cook onion in oil until golden. Add beef and cook 10 minutes over medium heat, stirring to keep it crumbly.
2. Mix in eggs, olives, and raisins. Add sugar and season with salt and pepper to taste.
3. Place meat mixture in pie plate and cover with a thick layer of mashed potatoes. Dot potatoes with butter.
4. Bake at 300°for 30 minutes.

Apple Pandowdy

• 6 tart apples

• ½ cup molasses

• ½ tsp cinnamon

• 2 tbsp butter

• 2 cups flour

• 3 tsp baking powder

• ½ tsp salt

• ¼ cup shortening

• ⅔ to ¾ cup milk

1. Pare and slice apples and arrange in a pie plate. Sprinkle with cinnamon, drizzle over molasses, and dot with butter.
2. Make biscuit dough with flour, baking powder, salt, shortening, and milk.
3. Roll out dough to ½" thickness. Cover apples and cut gashes in dough.
4. Bake at 375°for 30 minutes.
5. Serve hot, cutting out squares of the biscuit to use as a base for the fruit. Serve with cream flavored with nutmeg, hard sauce, or whipped cream.

Pennsylvania-Dutch Apple Pie

Pie Crust

• 1½ cups flour
• ½ cup shortening
• 4-5 tbsp cold water
• dash salt

Filling

• 6 large apples, peeled and sliced
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp nutmeg
• 2 tbsp flour

Topping

• ½ cup soft butter
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 cup flour

1. Line the pie plate with pie crust and chill.
2. Mix togeter apples, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 2 tbsp flour. Place mixture in chilled pie shell.
3. Cream together butter, brown sugar, and 1 cup flour to make a crumbly mixture, and sprinkle over apples.
4. Bake for 15 minutes at 450, then reduce heat and bake at 350°for 30 minutes longer.

Shoo-Fly Pie

• 2 cups flour
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ½ cup crisco
• ½ cup mollases
• ½ cup cold coffee
• ½ tsp baking soda

1. Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, and crisco as pie dough. Save ½ cup of crumbs for the top of the pie.
2. Add molasses, cold coffee, and baking soda to the mixture.
3. Place in an unbaked pie shell and cover with crumb mixture.
4. Bake at 425°for 10 minutes, then 325 for 35 minutes.