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together. Brush over the top with milk and sprinkle over a little sugar. Bake fifteen minutes.

Squash Pie
  • 2 Cupfuls of Squash
  • 5 Tablespoonfuls of Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoonful of Flour
  • 2 Cupfuls of Milk
  • 1 Teaspoonful of Ground Cinnamon
  • ¼ Teaspoonful of Salt
  • 1 Egg

Pare the squash, boil till tender, and sift through a colander. Beat the egg, add sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Stir these into the squash and add the milk, stirring in slowly. Bake in a deep plate, like a custard pie.

Cream Washington Pies
  • 1 Egg
  • ½ Cupful of Sugar
  • 1 Cupful of Flour
  • ½ Cupful of Milk (scant)
  • 2 Tablespoonfuls of Melted Butter
  • 1 Rounding Teaspoonful of Cream of Tartar
  • ½ Teaspoonful of Soda

Cream butter and sugar together, add the well-beaten egg; then the milk into which has been stirred the soda and cream of tartar; last of all, the flour. Bake in three round shallow dishes.