Prune Pie
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
2 cookie sheets
ingredients
- 8 cups flour
- 3 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt (more if desired)
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups lard (shortening works, too)
- 3 lbs prunes, pitted
directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mix together flour, baking powder, salt and 1 cup of sugar.
- Cut in the shortening until the mixture is crumbly.
- Add enough cold water to make a soft dough.
- Knead slightly and cut in half.
- Roll out dough, 1/4 inch thick, and line cookie sheet with one. Save the other.
- Cook prunes in water until soft. Drain.
- Mash well, adding 2 cups of sugar (to taste, you may not need it all).
- Season with cinnamon and cloves.
- Spread filling evenly over bottom crust.
- Cover with top crust pinch seams and cut steam vents.
- Bake until crust is slightly brown.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
SacredCaramelofLife
United States