Tuesday, September 30, 2003

more Willefordiana: Susan Waggoner ("Pepper")'s Vinegar Pie Recipe from "Miami Blues"

pastry for a 9-inch pie crust
1 Cup seedless raisins, all chopped up
1/4 cup soft butter
2 cups sugar (granulated)
1/2 teaspoon cinammon
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon allspice
4 large eggs, separated
3 tablespoons 5 per cent vinegar
1 pinch of salt

Cream the butter well with sugar. Add spices and blend well. Beat in yolks with a beater till smooth and creamy.
Stir in chopped raisins with a wooden spoon. Beat egg whites with a dash of salt until they are soft, then slide onto sugar mixture. Cut and fold lightly but well. Turn into pastry-lined pan. Bake fifteen minutes in preheated 425 F. oven. Reduce heat to 300 F. and bake for twenty minutes longer, or until top is beautifully browned and center of filling is jellylike. Cool on a rack for two or three hours before cutting.