Water Pie, Depression Era Recipe
Equipment
- large mixing bowl
- whisk
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups white granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 (9 inch) deep dish pie shell (either refrigerated pie crust placed into a pie plate, freezer pie crust, thawed, or homemade pie dough rolled into a 9 inch pie plate)
- 5 pats butter (5 TBS)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, salt, water, and milk. Pour mixture into unbaked pie shell. NOTE: Don't over fill pie shell. If you have extra mixture, place into oven proof ramekins and bake next to pie.
- Place 5 pats of butter on top of mixture in pie shell.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake an additional 45-50 minutes. Pie will be loose. It will firm up once cooled and chilled.
- Remove from oven and let sit until cooled completely. Place in refrigerator for a couple of hours to help set up pie. NOTE: pie will have a custard like consistency. Enjoy.