Historical Food Fortnightly Challenge #5 - Pies

Who doesn't love love love pies?  Even the leftover pastry sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar and baked in the oven is a treat for everyone in our house.  Our 1950/1951 CBS Homemakers Exchange Recipes had the most delicious-sounding recipes, but we stopped suddenly on page 24 of the January/February/March 1951 issue to read about Soda Cracker Pie.  Soda Cracker Pie?  You already know we love trying something new and here was our chance.

As we're learning, the ingredients in these mid-century recipes are usually simple.  The combinations are what make them so tasty and in this pie, even with a base of soda crackers, there is a wonderful combination of nuts, lemon, cinnamon, and almond.  We gather everything together...

Combine ingredients for the base pie except for the beaten egg whites...

Separate the eggs....

Beat the egg whites...

Fold the beaten egg whites into the other combined ingredients and place in a greased pie pan.  The recipe called for an 8" but since I only had a 9" I expected some change to the look of the pie as well as a change in baking time.

After 20 minutes the pie is raised and golden.

After the pie is cool (during which time we are both ready to eat eat eat!) we whip the whipping cream and drain and fold in the fruit cocktail.  The pie cuts nicely and smells wonderful, but doesn't come out of the pie plate in a nice wedge.  No matter, we are ready to eat!

Here are our finished Soda Cracker Pie slices with toppings.  Since we love cinnamon we sprinkle a bit over the topping and around the plate just for a pretty presentation and that lovely cinnamon aroma.

Seriously, you have to try this!  It is sweet and the crunch of the nuts is heavenly!  The soda crackers must be there just to hold everything together because we don't taste them at all.  Four thumbs up!

And who doesn't love whipped cream?  We agree that at every age  it was one of our favorite foods.  It is a food group of it's own, isn't it?


Patrick



Patrick



Patrick

Jeanette



Jeanette and little sisters



Jeanette



Patrick and Jeanette

Enjoy the whipped cream!

       Patrick and Jeanette

Historical Food Fortnightly
What It Is:  Soda Cracker Pie
The Challenge:  #5 Pies
The Recipe:  CBS Homemakers Exchange Recipes  Jan/Feb/Mar 1951
The Date/Year and Region:  Jan/Feb/Mar 1951, United States
How Did You Make It?  Closely followed recipe.
Time to Complete:  1 hour including cooling time
Total Cost:  $3.35 for 6 servings
How Successful Was It?  4 thumbs up!
How Accurate Is It?  Used Original Nabisco soda crackers and Classic Del Monte fruit cocktail