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Pioneer Pie - Vinegar Pie

Pioneer Pie
A vintage clipped recipe for a Pioneer Vinegar Pie made with a pie shell, sugar, cornstarch, water, vinegar, butter, eggs, cream of tarter, and more sugar.
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Ingredients

  • 1 baked 8-inch or 9-inch pie shell
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch or 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 cups hot water
  • 2 to 4 tablespoons Heinz Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
  • 2 eggs separated
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/4 cup sugar

Method

  • Prepare and bake pie shell.
  • Mix sugar with cornstarch in saucepan.
  • Stir in water and next two ingredients. {Vinegar and butter}
  • Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is very thick.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Beat egg yolks until thick, stir a small amount of hot mixture into yolks; return to saucepan.
  • Stirring constantly, simmer 3 minutes.
  • Pour into pie shell.
  • Cool.
  • Heat over to 350-degrees (moderate).
  • Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until frothy.
  • Gradually beat in sugar.
  • Continue beating until stiff and glossy.
  • Spread meringue over cooled filling, sealing it to the edge of crust.
  • Bake 10-12 minutes.

Kitchen Helper 2

Medium Sauce Pan
Pie Plate 1
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Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Pie, Vinegar

Notes

Makes 1 8-inch or 9-inch pie.