Great-Grandma Childs' Dutch Apple Cake/Pie

Here is a fun family recipe that my mom sent me a few months ago. This comes from an old ward cookbook my Great-Grandma Childs contributed to years ago. The recipe is well over 100 years old now. Please note that my great-great-grandmother from whom this recipe originally came from was Danish:-)

 Oh, if you really want it, you could always cook the fruit cake recipe too.

Pastry Pie Shell

2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup shortening (or mix half butter, half shortening)
1/2 cup ice cold water (ice is in the water after it is measured. Be sure to re-measure before adding it to the recipe.)

1. In a large bowl, combine flour and salt.
2. Cut in shortening. You can either cut in by using two butter knives and criss-cross the fat until you get little pea-sized marbles, or you can dig your hands into it and break apart the shortening, and mixing it together with the flour as you go along.
3. Slowly add the water – stirring and forming a ball.
4. Split into two even halves.
5. Form into discs and place into plastic wrap, securing tightly. Refrigerate for 4 hours.
6. On a floured surface, carefully roll out pastry for the size that you want between two sheets of plastic or wax paper, making sure you don’t overwork the dough.
7. Cook as needed.

This is great pastry for chicken pot pie, sweet pastries, etc.

Dear Abby’s Pecan Pie

1 cup Karo brand light corn syrup (important!)
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/3-1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 whole eggs, slightly beaten
1.5  heaping cups of shelled pecans

1. Pre-heat oven to 350*.
2. In a medium bowl, mix well together: corn syrup, sugar, salt, butter and vanilla.
3. Add eggs. Mix well.
4. Pour into 9 inch unbaked pie shell.
5. Sprinkle pecans over filling – or arrange nicely.
6. Bake in 350* oven for approximately 45-50 minutes, or when center is set (no longer jiggly. Check with a toothpick or knife. With altitude and electric ovens, can take longer.).
7. Serve with vanilla ice-cream or whipped cream. Yum!!!!