"Binx" Gardner's Cream Pie

Title:
"Binx" Gardner's Cream Pie

Yield:
12 Servings

Categories:
Desserts,
Pastries




Ingredients:





     2 qt 40% cream


     6    Egg whites


     2 tb Flour


   1/4 ts Salt


     2 ts Vanilla


 1 2/3 c  Sugar






 :    Hand beat egg whites until somewhat frothy. Combine flour, sugar


 and salt and add to egg whites; beat until smooth, losing grainy


 look. Add vanilla. Beat again. Add cream and stir until well blended.


 Have ready a baking dish, Pyrex or deep metal pan (milk pan) lined


 with a short pastry which has been chilled in refrigerator for some


 time. Pour cream mixture into crust and bake in a very slow oven, 250


 ~275 degrees F., for 4 hours. It must not boil.  Best done the day


 before and allowed to set. :    This cream pie, a fifth or sixth


 generation recipe, has a custard like texture and a delicious flavor.


 A. K. (Binx) Gardner had the recipe from Mrs. Obadiah Gardner, his


 mother, who had it from her mother and grandmother.  The pie is


 cooked in a very slow oven for 4 hours and allowed to set for at


 least another day before it is served. This is a large pie. A small


 "sliver" of the pie makes a good dessert.


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #246


 


 Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 23:50:46 -0400


 


 From: BobbieB1@aol.com