Cook this and when cool, add the whites of three eggs stiffly beaten. Lift the upper crust of the pie and pour in this cream filling. Replace the crust and sift with powdered sugar.
PASTRY HINT
When making a fruit pie, put lower crust in the oven 5 minutes and bake while you are rolling out the top crust. Then put in filling and put on the top crust. The undercrust will not be soggy.
MONTGOMERY PIE
For the syrup part:
- ½ cup molasses
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup water
- 2 tblsp. flour
- ½ lemon, juice and rind
Combine above ingredients and pour into a 9 inch, unbaked pie shell.
For the topping:
- ⅔ cup sugar
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 cup milk
- 1½ cups flour